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snugglekittyMy love affair with Brazilian music continues. I begin to feel that it may be excessive but I can't really make myself care. It's just so damned good!
New and notable (to me): Astrud Gilberto's Jazz Masters collection. (As a note to myself, my favorite tracks there are Dreamer, Girl from Impanema, Agua de Beber, and Look to the Rainbow.) I have two more CDs on order from swapacd.com, Bebel Gilberto (who is actually not Astrud's daughter, although it would have made sense if she was*) and Bossa Nova Brasil. I just keep listening to sample tracks for albums and getting really excited.
Other new (non-Brazilian) CDs I'm pleased about include Chillout Sessions from the Ministry of Sound (a really nice ambient compilation), Red, Hot, + Rhapsody (remixes of Gershwin tunes,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrpet found it for me), and Jazz Club Vocal (all vintage and awesome). I have also been working on a "hopeful" playlist, to cheer folks up - let me know if you would like the track list or for me to play it when you're around.
*She's actually the daughter of Astrud's ex-husband Joao Gilberto and his second wife who is another bossa nova singer, not that it's an incestuous community or anything.
New and notable (to me): Astrud Gilberto's Jazz Masters collection. (As a note to myself, my favorite tracks there are Dreamer, Girl from Impanema, Agua de Beber, and Look to the Rainbow.) I have two more CDs on order from swapacd.com, Bebel Gilberto (who is actually not Astrud's daughter, although it would have made sense if she was*) and Bossa Nova Brasil. I just keep listening to sample tracks for albums and getting really excited.
Other new (non-Brazilian) CDs I'm pleased about include Chillout Sessions from the Ministry of Sound (a really nice ambient compilation), Red, Hot, + Rhapsody (remixes of Gershwin tunes,
mrpet found it for me), and Jazz Club Vocal (all vintage and awesome). I have also been working on a "hopeful" playlist, to cheer folks up - let me know if you would like the track list or for me to play it when you're around.*She's actually the daughter of Astrud's ex-husband Joao Gilberto and his second wife who is another bossa nova singer, not that it's an incestuous community or anything.
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Date: 2008-02-26 03:56 am (UTC)One of my favorite musical moments – ever – happened when I was staying with my mother during the summer of 2003, helping her take care of grandma and her Alzheimer's. An ex- (and again-) lover visited us from London, which was great fun. One evening we went and listened to Joao Gilberto perform, just him and his guitar, at the Hollywood Bowl. Fantastic acoustics in a huge open amphitheatre. Lovely.
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Date: 2008-02-26 01:52 pm (UTC)I love outdoor concerts. My favorite concert was seeing the Indigo Girls in a park in their hometown about ten years ago. :)