This here is a true time capsule--the dawn of Bossa Nova in the U.S. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd teamed up to record the album Jazz Samba (which is really great, by the way) and set off a musical craze that lasted a couple of decades. I listen to a lot of Bossa Nova in my tiki bar, and I've got all of Getz's albums, and working on Byrd's. Here they perform a truly excellent rendition of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Desafinado." Relax and let the music carry you away...
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I've long been vaguely aware of Charlie Byrd, but to be honest, he's an artist I've never paid much attention to. I just never came across his work, really. A month or so back, though, there was an estate sale near me and although they didn't have much of interest, there were quite a few old vinyl LPs dirt cheap. I picked up a few, one of which was Charlie Byrd's Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros, which I didn't get around to listening to until last night. Holy moly, but this is a mighty fine example of instrumental guitar bossa nova. I feel cooler just listening to it. "Meditacao (Meditation)" was a big hit for him back in 1962, and it holds up impressively today. Check out his finger work in the video!
