Brazilian Song of the Day: The Girl from Ipanema
When you talk Brazilian music in America, eventually, you get to bossa nova. America has largely ignored music from outside the English-speaking world, but every few decades, a brief “craze” happens,...
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You could call Koop’s “Summer Sun” acid jazz if you wanted to, and nobody would likely correct you. But this is is bossa nova through and through. If Tom, Astrud, and Stan were stranded above the...
View ArticleBrazilian Song of the Day: “Take It Easy My Brother Charlie”
I’m back from spending time with my family, including my brother Charlie, so sharing a bunch of variations of Jorge Ben Jor’s wonderful song, “Take It Easy My Brother Charlie” seemed like an easy win....
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