Guitar Music Of Brazil

Performer: Luiz Bonfá
Distributor: Infinity Entertainment Gr

Notes: Personnel: Luiz Bonf� (guitar); Laurindo Almeida, Carlos Lyra (guitar); Altamiro Carrilho (flute); Joao Donato (accordion); Quinidio Teixeira (tenor saxophone); Eduardo Lincoln, Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano); Jorge Henrique (organ); Joao Stockler (drums). Liner Note Author: Christopher Evans. Recording information: 1951-1956. Though less well-known than Joao Gilberto, both Luiz Bonfa and Laurindo Almeida are important figures in the development of Brazilian guitar music. Laurinda, the elder, came to prominence in the 1940s, and established his career as a versatile musician as adept at film soundtracks as at bossa nova. Bonfa had a more samba-influenced style, and his recordings here, which date from the mid '50s, are exceptional. GUITAR MUSIC OF BRAZIL provides a fine service in bringing a sampling of these two Brazilian jazz giants.

Before bossa nova took the world by storm in the 1960s, the reigning sound of Brazil was the samba. Guitarist Luiz Bonfa was one of the most well-known Brazilian samba-cancao composers and performers of the 1950s, known for his complex, lively fingerpicking style and soulful compositions. His contributions to the BLACK ORPHEUS soundtrack--particularly "Manha de Carnaval," which has since become a jazz standard--elevated him to fame in 1959, and he continued to enjoy the respect of peers and audiences well into the '90s. Bonfa died in Brazil in 2001.

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