Very Best of Brazil [Import]

Product Description
Batucada, Samba, Bossa Nova, MPB, Capoeira, Tropicalia, Choro - all are musical styles that we have Brazil to thank for. For over 500 years this corner of Latin America has been synonymous with music in all its shapes and forms. Maybe its the beaches, the warmth of the people, the climate or the hedonistic abandon of Carnival but their music is loved around the world and is a national pastime for every living Brazilian. Nancente Records. 2005.

Very Best of Brazil,Various Artists,Nascente,World Beat Collections,World Music

Average customer rating: fantastic album the very best of sergio mendes and brazil 66 One of the greatest musical groups ever! Love this CD! The K-Man was right.

The Very Best of Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Greatest Hits The Best of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 Fool on the Hill Equinox Look Around ASIN: B000024TH2 Release Date: 2004-12-28

Tracks:

1. Mas Que Nada
2. So Many Stars
3. Viola
4. With a Little Help from My Friends
5. Wichita Lineman - Sergio Mendes,
6. Batacuda (The Beat)
7. Dois Dias
8. Easy to Be Hard
9. Roda
10. Some Time Ago
11. Masquerade
12. Fool on the Hill
13. You Stepped Out of a Dream
14. Moanin'
15. Salt Sea
16. For Me
17. Stillness
18. Cinnamon and Clove
19. Going Out of My Head
20. Look Who's Mine
21. Like a Lover
22. Ye-Me-Le
23. Day Tripper
24. Viramundo

Tracks:

1. Wave
2. What the World Needs Now
3. For What It's Worth
4. Where Are You Coming From?
5. Chelsea Morning
6. Lost in Paradise
7. Joker
8. Night and Day
9. Scarborough Fair
10. Canticle
11. Tim-Dom-Dom
12. Pretty World
13. Look of Love
14. One Note Samba/Spanish Flea
15. Agua de Beber
16. Can Do Nooso Amor
17. Empty Faces
18. Triste
19. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
20. Bim Bom
21. So DanSamba
22. Sometimes in Winter
23. Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)
24. Pradizer Adeus (To Say Goodbye)

Album Description

Outstanding two CD collection featuring 48 of the act's finest Easy Listening/Bossa Nova tracks recorded for A&M records from 1966-71, During the late '60s, Mendes was the most popular Brazilian artist in the U.S., and has remained a musical icon internationally for decades. More than two hours of solid Latin-tinged Lounge nuggets including the top 40 hits 'The Fool On The Hill', 'The Look Of Love' and 'Scarborough Fair/ Canticle', Other tracks featured include 'Mas Que Nada', 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'You Stepped Out Of A Dream', 'Wichita Lineman', 'What The World Needs Now', 'For What It's Worth', 'Stillness', 'Agua De Beber' and many more. A&M.

Customer Reviews:

fantastic album.......2007-03-27

have been an avid fan of bossa nova music for years... and sergio mendes has always an amazing musician! love this album a lot!

the very best of sergio mendes and brazil 66.......2007-01-28

this album is amazing. retro, spicy and just flat out good.

One of the greatest musical groups ever!.......2006-08-26

I just recently discovered Brasil '66 when I heard "Pretty World" on a jazzy oldies type station. I knew instantly that the singer was someone special & a master singer. Now I'm listening to many of their songs and I never get tired of them. Their music is just pure, clean, good, real music! It is free from technical gimmicks or anything heavy or unnecessary. Their music is so happy, innocent, and fun. I LOVE IT. I can't get enough of it! They're definitely my favorite right now. The best thing about Brasil '66 is Lani Hall. What a great singer she is. Also the jazzy bossanova instrumentals are refreshingly different from anything I've listened to before. I'm looking forward to getting better hi-fi equipment so I can hear them in all their glory. I bet they sound really great on a tube stereo system.

Love this CD!.......2006-08-08

I listen to this CD when I go for my evening walks. It's wonderful music to walk to (and dance to!). I am absolutely crazy about Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66!. My favorite song on this CD is "Sometimes In Winter." It's a beautiful, haunting song. All the songs are great, but that is the best.

The K-Man was right........2002-04-25

This CD is a timeless, time-capsule treasure trove of pure pop pleasure. Sergio Mendes is a bossa nova Bacharach - not just because he covered both types of music, but because he shares whith the American an interest in revivifying the aesthetic of Tin Pan Alley, tempering it with a 60s pop melancholy (both especially cherish the inherent sadness of brass), and, in Mendes' case, cooling it with jazz discipline gleaned from his association with Jobim. The half century of melodic miracles on this CD may be divided into three types:

1. Cover versions of pop standards so annoyingly familiar you never want to hear the originals again. Mendes takes songs by the likes of the Beatles, Bacharach, Jimmy Webb and Simon & Garfunkel, re-arranges and re-imagines them in a samba mode, convincing you that they were originally written in Brazil after all. 'The Fool On The Hill' nearly collapses under its visionary excess; 'Day Tripper' becomes alive through slick jazz rhythms; 'What The World Needs Now' throttles at a frightening pace; 'Cheslea Morning' and 'Night and Day' exude sunny Rio rays; 'Norwegian Wood' brings out the yo-yo intensity buried in the original.

2. Arrangements of bossa nova classics by Mendes' old jamming cohorts. These are less radical than the above, and the attempts by anonymous, if proficient, session singers to replicate the idiosyncratic Astrud/Joao vibe don't always work; but the subtle reworkings offer new takes on old favourites - 'Bim Bom' is especially definitive, Mendes mining the wistfulness in the most frivolous of songs, sensing the music's soul in the piano. 'One Note Samba', which segues here into 'Spanish Fly', shouln't work, and doesn't, but is invigorating nonetheless.

3. Less familiar covers and original songs (written by Mendes and friends), which rarely equal the emotional depth of Jobim or Bonfa, but offer groovy bliss, warm generosity, bouyant fun and reflective sorrow in equal measures. 'Sometimes In Winter' is a pretentious epic with the most glorious melodic bridge; 'Pretty World' is one of the few songs that knows what being rapturously in love actually sounds like; 'Cancao Do Nosso Amor' and 'Pradizer Adeus' know the same despondancy that provoked Jobim's 'Insensatez'.

This division is, of course, arbitrary and artificial - unique production, settings and instrumentation mean each and every song sounds like a Mendes original. Cosmo Kramer was right - some people can still go wild for Sergio Mendes.

Average customer rating: Great CD & Really a Greatest Hits Collection!

The Very Best Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Latin Music | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Sergio Mendes & Brasil '65 Love Music Equinox The Very Best of Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 Fool on the Hill ASIN: B000026CZI Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

1. Mais Que Nada (Ma-SH Kay Nada) - Sergio Mendes
2. Scarborough Fair
3. With a Little Help from My Friends - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
4. Like a Lover
5. Look of Love [Casino Royale Mix]
6. Night and Day
7. Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
9. Going Out of My Head
10. Look Around
11. So Many Stars
12. Daytripper - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
13. Pretty World
14. Wave
15. PaTropical - Sergio Mendes
16. Watch That Happens

Album Description

Australian greatest hits compilation for the Brazilian bossa-nova lounge act featuring 16 tracks. A&M. 1996.

Customer Reviews:

Great CD & Really a Greatest Hits Collection!.......2006-08-20

There seem to be a lot of greatest hits collection of Sergio Mendes that frankly aren't ... but this qualifies. If you love old school 60's bossa nova-fun trip hop-easy listening and sunny pop, this is a great collection - these are really their greatest hits ... though the 2-disc "Very Best of Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 [IMPORT]" (also from Amazon) also contains all these tracks plus another 20 or more tracks so if you love Sergio, that is an even better deal!

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Very Best of Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000H1C366 Release Date: 2006-08-28

Tracks:

1. Girl From Ipanema (Single Version)
2. Crickets Sing For Anamaria (Os Grillos)
3. Call Me
4. (Take Me To) Aruanda
5. .Fly Me To The Moon
6. Come Softly To Me/Hushbye
7. Agua De Beber
8. It Might As Well Be Spring (Live 1964/Cafe Au Go Go)
9. Canoeiro
10. Canto De Ossanha (Let Go)
11. Berimbau
12. Felicidade
13. Beach Samba
14. So Nice (Summer Samb
15. Dindi
16. Face I Love
17. Bim Bom
18. Windy
19. How Insensitive
20. Shadow Of Your Smile
21. Trains & Boats & Planes
22. Girl From Ipanema
23. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
24. Who Needs Forever (Thievery Corporation Remix)
25. Gentle Rain (Rjd2 Remix)

Album Details

This Astrud Gilberto Collection Draws on Some of the Most Beautiful Music Ever Recorded - Just Think of the Sun-kissed Beaches of Brazil with the Sultry Sounds of Bossa Nova and Samba of the 1960's - When Men Looked Sharp in Black Suits and Ties, the Women Always Wore Chanel Dresses and International Airports were the Place to Be Seen.

Average customer rating: True very best of Sergio Mendes

Very Best of Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Manufacturer: Universal Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000677KW Release Date: 2002-06-21

Tracks:

1. Mais Que Nada
2. Scarborough Fair
3. With a Little from My Friends
4. Like a Lover
5. Look of Love [From 'Casino Royale']
6. Night and Day
7. Fool on the Hill
8. Nowegian Wood
9. Going out of My Head
10. Look Around
11. So Many Stars
12. Daytripper
13. Pretty World
14. Wave
15. Pais Tropical
16. Watch What Happens

Customer Reviews:

True very best of Sergio Mendes.......2002-12-09

Really, the best selection from Sergio Mendes and
Brasil66/77....Probably the most perfect and popular performance
to "The Look Of Love", "Going out of my Head", "Watch what happens" and "So many Stars".

Average customer rating:

The Very Best Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002ZEV0I Release Date: 2004-11-01

Tracks:

1. Mais Que Nada (Ma-SH Kay Nada) - Sergio Mendes
2. Scarborough Fair
3. With a Little Help from My Friends - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
4. Like a Lover
5. Look of Love [Casino Royale Mix]
6. Night and Day
7. Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
9. Going Out of My Head
10. Look Around
11. So Many Stars
12. Daytripper - Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
13. Pretty World
14. Wave
15. PaTropical - Sergio Mendes
16. Watch That Happens

Average customer rating: superb wide-ranging compilation, highly recommended Title For Review...

The Very Best of Brazil Various Artists Manufacturer: Nascente ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001FUI3I Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

1. Nem Vem Que Nao Tem - Wilson Simonal
2. Mas Que Nada - Elza Soares
3. Maracatu Atomico - Galera
4. Take It Easy My Brother Charles - Jorge Ben
5. Queixume [Original Version] - Tom & Joyce,
6. Crickets Sing for Anamaria - Marcos Valle
7. Bala Com Bala - Elis Regina
8. Bat Macumba - Gilberto Gil
9. Tombo in 7/4
10. Deixo Issa Pra La - Jair Rodrigues
11. Carcara - Nancy Ames
12. Upa Neguinho
13. Jogando Capoeira - Beatfanatic
14. As Famosas Gargalhadas Do Yuka [Sao Benitez Radio Edit] - Paula Lima
15. Sambassim [Mad Zoo Holographic Remix] - Fernanda Porto

Tracks:

1. Come with Me - Ta Maria
2. Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
3. Cinco Minutos - Marisa Monte
4. Ive Brussel - Jorge Ben, Caetano Veloso
5. Si Viver No Samba - Cibelle
6. Manha - Azymuth
7. Meu Samba Torto - Celso Fonseca
8. Aldeia de Ogum
9. Bananeira - Emilio Santiago
10. E O Meu Amor Vi Passar - Patra Marx
11. Candomble
12. O Ronco Da Cu
13. Onde Anda Meu Amor
14. Babete
15. Berimbau

Album Description

Batucada, Samba, Bossa Nova, MPB, Capoeira, Tropicalia, Choro - all are musical styles that we have Brazil to thank for. For over 500 years this corner of Latin America has been synonymous with music in all its shapes and forms. Maybe its the beaches, the warmth of the people, the climate or the hedonistic abandon of Carnival but their music is loved around the world and is a national pastime for every living Brazilian. Nancente Records. 2005.

Album Details

Deluxe Double CD Digi Pak that Includes an Eight Page Color Booklet. This Compilation Charts the Whole Breadth of the Brazilian Music Scene from Classic 60's Crossover Bossa Nova Right on Through to Modern Day Funky Electronica, but with the Emphasis Always on the Songs and the Songwriting. Here Are Brazilian Standards by Male and Female Superstars of Today as Well as the Stars of Tomorrow. Artists Featured Include Jorge Ben, Azymuth, Marcos Valle, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joyce, Gilberto Gil, Sergio Mendes, Astrud Gilberto and Many Many Others. This is the Definitive Sound of Brazil!

Customer Reviews:

superb wide-ranging compilation, highly recommended.......2006-10-13

30 songs on 2 discs, spanning close to 40 years of Brazilian music. Big diversity of styles, from classic bossa to electronica dancefloor. Great compilation for the price, good flow and mix of songs (fast/slow, classic/contemporary). If you like the usual compilations like Brazilution you'll llke this as well. (My 'qualification' as a reviewer is having about 500 recordings from Brazil in many styles and being a performer.)

Title For Review..........2004-11-20

CD 1 is fantastic. A great introduction to latin music. There are some fabulous tracks incl. Nem Vem Que Nao Tem the irresistably funky tune from city of god and of course the ikea ad. The album covers a wide range and demonstrates the fabulous sense of rhythm that this type of music is almost defined by, not to mention the wonderful timbre of the instruments. I most enjoyed brazillian takes on styles such as jazz, club tracks and even drum and bass. Buy this CD: broaden your musical horizons in the most enjoyable and funky way.

Average customer rating:

The Very Best of Tania Maria Tânia Maria Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000046PZU Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Funky Tamborim
2. It's All in My Hands
3. Bela Be Bela
4. Sangria
5. Come with Me
6. Yatra-T
7. Triste
8. 2 A.M.
9. Bom Bom Bom Tchi Tchi Tchi
10. Marvin My Love
11. From My Window
12. If I Could Change

Average customer rating:

Personalidade Manufacturer: Polygram Brasil Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000B45RFI

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New Chorinhos from Brazil Luiz Paulo Simas Manufacturer: Lydjul ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Jazz Piano | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000K3YO Release Date: 1999-01-01

Tracks:

1. Chorinho das Comadres
2. Chorinho com Bossa
3. Saltitante
4. Chorinho Bachiano
5. A Ladeira do Sobe-e-Desce
6. Preguioso
7. Endiabrado
8. Teimosa
9. Do Coracao
10. Chorinho do Mar

Album Description

This is a solo piano recording of Luiz Simas's original chorinhos. "Chorinho" is a style of Brazilian music that originated in Rio de Janeiro toward the end of the 19th century. A combination of European music and Afro-Brazilian rhythms, it's in some ways akin to ragime, but with a definite Brazilian flavor.

Luiz Simas'original chorinhos have many other influences, such as jazz, bossa-nova, classical. Some of them stick to a more traditional form, while others are truly adventurous and can be called "modern" chorinhos.

Average customer rating:

Brazil's Best Manufacturer: BMG U.S. Latin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007INJ94

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