Charlie Lee Byrd was an American guitarist. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitarist. This album was released on Columbia Records in 1968. It is a collection of covers, the list of performers includes Bernard Purdie, Herbie Hancock and more.

Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two notable accomplishments to his credit – applying acoustic classical guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce Brazilian music to mass North American audiences. This album features classic Charlie Byrd doing rather unclassic Charlie Byrd. It was released on Columbia Records in 1968.

"Jazz Samba" was the first major bossa-nova album on the American jazz scene. It was the beginning of bossa-nova excitement in America, which climxed in the mid-1960s. The album was very strongly inspired and designed by the guitarist Charlie Byrd. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010.

"Delicately" is an aptly-titled recording that captures the artful acoustic stylings of the legendary guitar master Charlie Byrd, one of the greatest jazz guitarists who was a major influence, alongside Stan Getz and others, on the introduction of the "Bossa Nova" craze to the USA. This performance includes Charlie on 5 richly-voiced solo guitar tracks and 6 tracks by a trio which includes Mario Darpino on flute and Charlie's talented brother Joe Byrd on double bass violin.

Guitarist Charlie Byrd revisits a variety of bossa nova songs, including nine by Antonio Carlos Jobim on this pleasing and accessible set. What makes this release stand out from his many similar dates is that Ken Peplowski's clarinet and tenor are well featured, adding variety to the music and a lead voice for Byrd to play off of. Otherwise the music is predictably excellent, with such classics as "One Note Samba", "Corcovado", "Dindi", "O Pato", and "The Girl from Ipanema" receiving very favorable treatment.

Credited for inspiring the bossa nova craze of the early 1960s, this recording by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd was the first in a long series of South American-influenced American music. The album features two tracks by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, works by other Brazilian composers, and compositions by famed guitarist Charlie Byrd. Jazz Samba won the 1963 Grammy for Best Jazz Performance.

Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two notable accomplishments to his credit – applying acoustic classical guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce Brazilian music to mass North American audiences…

Charlie Byrd puts his unique Bossa Nova spin on classic hits of the 1960s. Includes songs by Simon & Garfunkel, Jimmy Webb & Perry Como as well as tracks from popular film soundtracks of the time.