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Luiz Bonfá - O Violão e o Samba (1962) [Reissue 2008]

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Luiz Bonfá - O Violão e o Samba (1962) [Reissue 2008]

Luiz Bonfa - O Violao e o Samba (1962) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 187 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 66 MB | Covers - 12 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Brasil (5099921674020)

While classically trained, Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa became one of the prime movers of bossa nova, recording with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, and composing many bossa nova standards, including the classic "Manha Da Carnaval" from Orfeu Negro. O Violão e o Samba, originally issued in 1962, features a somewhat more upbeat program than Bonfa’s other albums of the time. And the added presence of lyrical flute and mellow vocals makes this an even more attractive addition to any afficianado's collection of original/first wave bossa nova discs.

Luiz Bonfa - Luiz Bonfa Plays And Sings Bossa Nova (1963) [Reissue 2000]

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Luiz Bonfa - Luiz Bonfa Plays And Sings Bossa Nova (1963) [Reissue 2000]

Luiz Bonfa - Luiz Bonfa Plays And Sings Bossa Nova (1963) [Reissue 2000]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 200 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 84 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 543 378-2)

Alongside Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa (the co-composer of Black Orpheus) is one of the original trailblazers of the bossa nova sound. Released in 1963 on Verve, Plays And Sings Bossa Nova can safely be certified a classic of the genre. Elegant, lyrical, rhythmic, and a showcase for Bonfa’s deft guitar technique and sweet, unassuming singing, Plays And Sings is an album that will sound good to almost anyone, at any time.

Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfá - Black Orpheus [OST] (1959) [Reissue 2008]

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Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfá - Black Orpheus [OST] (1959) [Reissue 2008]

Antonio Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfa - Black Orpheus [OST] (1959) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 352 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 117 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (B0012185-02)

Black Orpheus the film by Marcel Camus, and its soundtrack, were the signposts by which the world first learned of samba and bossa nova and fell in love with it. Therefore, it is staggering to consider that it took until 2008 for a definitive edition of the soundtrack to be released, one that assembled all the songs and music heard in the film. After all, this is the score that created the partnership of composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and poet Vinicius de Moraes, and introduced the brilliant and influential guitarist Luiz Bonfá. Universal France has assembled all the sound recordings into one 17-track volume. These include the two original 45 EPs, and the 10" 33 rpm album, as well as some tracks that have never appeared before now…

Luiz Bonfa - Le Roi De La Bossa Nova (1962) [Reissue 2005]

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Luiz Bonfa - Le Roi De La Bossa Nova (1962) [Reissue 2005]

Luiz Bonfa - Le Roi De La Bossa Nova (1962) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 199 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 91 MB | Covers - 63 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal (0602498324769)

While it's true that Luiz Bonfá is a forgotten name among many bossa nova lovers - past and present - a forgotten name rarely associated with his younger peers he influenced (Jobim, Gilberto, de Moraes) who took the music to international popularity. Bonfá is a ghost whose shadow looms large over the music, whether he is well known or not. He composed both main themes for Black Orpheus, which ended up on the hit soundtrack. Here Bonfá does what he does best: play an amazing guitar, arrange a series of uncredited session players, sing, and dig deep into the roots of bossa nova as it comes out of samba, but then return it changed but folded into the tradition…

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963) [Reissue 2008]

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Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963) [Reissue 2008]

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - Jazz Samba Encore! (1963) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 256 MB | Covers (13 MB) included
Genre: Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve Records (0602517679214)

Here's some more bossa nova from Stan Getz when the bloom was still on the first Brazilian boom. This time, however, on his third such album, Getz relies mostly upon native Brazilians for his backing. Thus, the soft-focused grooves are considerably more attuned to what was actually coming out of Brazil at the time. Two bona fide giants, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá (who gets co-billing), provide the guitars and all of the material, and Maria Toledo contributes an occasional throaty vocal. Getz injects more high-wailing passages into his intuitive affinity for the groove, even going for some fast bop on "Un Abraco No Getz," and Bonfá takes adept care of the guitar solos against Jobim's rock-steady rhythm…

Luiz Bonfa - The Brazilian Scene (1965) [Reissue 2008]

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Luiz Bonfa - The Brazilian Scene (1965) [Reissue 2008]

Luiz Bonfa - The Brazilian Scene (1965) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 189 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 75 MB | Covers - 18 MB
Genre: Brazilian Jazz, Bossa Nova | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve Records (0602517690790)

There is something truly majestic in the guitar playing and composing of Luiz Bonfá. From solo dates such as 1959's Solo in Rio (issued stateside by Smithsonian Folkways) to his 1972 masterpiece, Introspection, his sound is as telltale as the two other Brazilian guitar greats, Baden Powell and Djalma de Andrade (aka Bola Sete). Bonfá's elegance in style is what sets him apart from even these great masters. There is something utterly unhurried and gentle about his manner of playing, even during its most intense moments or in the most decorative settings (there were a lot of those during the bossa craze)…