There are dozens of albums that interpret the film music of composer-arranger Henry Mancini. Surprisingly, there aren't many of them by Latin bandleaders. Mancini himself released Mr. Lucky Goes Latin in 1961 and he often included a Latin number in scores for festive scenes. Last week, I found a Brazilian take on Mancini from 1965: Waltel Branco – Mancini Tambem É Samba.
Waltel Branco was a Brazilian guitarist, conductor, composer and arranger. The band he assembled in Rio de Janeiro for the Mancini samba session included a wide range of Brazilian studio players and hotel orchestra musicians at the time. You can find the personnel here.
Here's Waltel Branco – Mancini Tambem É Samba, ad-free. Let it run as a backgrounder while you're reading, writing or just answering email.
To buy the album as a download, go here.
Other ad-free Backgrounders in this series:
- Zoot Sims Plays Bossa Nova, go here.
- Lee Morgan: Lee-Way, go here.
- Bossa Nova for Swinging Lovers, go here.
- Leon Spencer: Louisiana Slim, go here.
- Bossa Nova Modern Quartet: Bossa Nova Jazz Samba, go here.
- Bill Evans & Luiz Eça: Piano Four Hands, go here.
- Ray Brown Trio: Don't Get Sassy, go here.
- Os Tatuis: Os Tatuis, go here.
