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| Biography: During a long and uncommonly productive career, Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida achieved a ubiquity in popular music that has yet to be fully recognized. Largely responsible for the Brazilian/North American "samba jazz" that would eventually catch on in the form of a musical trend known as bossa ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1953 Label: EMI Critics' Rating:  More than seven years before Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd introduced the bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim to American audiences, guitarist Laurindo Almeida and altoist Bud Shank (in a quartet with bassist ...Read full reviewReleased: 1953 Label: Pacific Jazz Critics' Rating: This is certainly one of the most prophetic albums of the '50s, though its ultimate historical value has been overstated somewhat. It is here that Almeida, a classical guitarist at heart but curious enough ...Read full review
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