Latin Byrd
Charlie Byrd
It was unamplified guitarist Charlie Byrd's 1961 State Department–sponsored tour of South America that provided the impetus for what would be one of the most enduring and influential albums of all time: Jazz Samba. That 1962 collaboration with the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz put Brazil's bossa nova and Byrd on America's musical map. But Byrd had long been enraptured by the guitar music of the Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking worlds. In 1954 he had studied with the nonpareil Andrés Segovia. This beautifully articulated recital, recorded in 1962 and '63 and ranging from solo pieces to tentets with cellos and French horn, amounts to a veritable Baedeker of Latin guitar music. The accent, though, is on the Brazilian composers who, with interpreters like Byrd, reawakened the world's melodic yearnings.
with Gene Byrd, Keter Betts, Bill Reichenbach, Buddy Deppenschmidt, and others
TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE
- 1. The Duck (O Pato)
- 2. Amor Flamengo
- 3. Azul Tiple
- 4. Cancion Di Argentina (Argentine Folksong)
- 5. Manha De Carnaval (Theme From "Black Orpheus")
- 6. Homage A Villa Lobos
- 7. Bogota (Pasillo Colombiano)
- 8. Mexican Song No. 2
- 9. Mexican Song No. 1
- 10. Samba De Uma Nota So
- 11. Galopera (Acualero Asuncena)
- 12. Vals (Opus 8, No. 4)
- 13. Outra Vez (Once More)
- 14. Presente De Natal (Christmas Gift)
- 15. Insensatez (Insensitive)
- 16. Three Note Samba
- 17. Samba Da Minha Terra (Samba Of My Country)
- 18. Limehouse Blues
- 19. Saudade Da Bahia (Longing For Bahia)
- 20. Anna
- 21. Socegadamente (Softly)
- 22. Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
- 23. Cancao De Nimar Para Carol (lullaby For Carol)
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