Bud Shank - Holiday In Brazil [180 Gram] 12"

Bud Shank - Holiday In Brazil [180 Gram] 12"In 1953, Brazilian master guitarist Laurindo Almeida and altoist flutist Bud Shank collaborated on their first LP for Richard Bock's Pacific Jazz label. Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank was a groundbreaking recording, blending American jazz with Brazilian samba for the first time, years before the advent of bossa nova. Almeida and Shank enjoyed such early success with the record that they reunited five years later for their second

and what felt like a quintessential culmination

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From the Jersey-bounce-meets-country vibes of "Drink and a Little Love" to her vulnerable reflections on fame

Seven Sonnets is their sixth CD together as a duo and the music is a lovely series of compositions referencing early music

It also includes the astonishingly theatrical Cristo smarrito

ich kann nicht sterben (Cantata for the Purification of Mary)~Tenor solo: Mein Altoer kämmt

each taking turns to "sing" in a dialogue of lyricism and color

With his new album

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1982) is one of the most acclaimed Italian pianists of his generation

“Now we have a weird mishmash of capitalism and movies and science