In 1968, Brazilian singer Leny Andrade released an album with celebrated vibraphonist Breno Sauer. The album, Leny Andrade, was recorded in Mexico, where Andrade would spend five years before moving on to the U.S. and Europe. On the album, Andrade and Sauer were joined by Adão Pinheiro (p), Portinho (b) and Erneo Eger (d).
Many Brazilian musicians recorded in Mexico after the 1964 coup that established a military dictatorship in Brazil. Andrade's album was a masterpiece on many levels—the feathery intensity, the intoxicating arrangements, Andrade's forceful vocals and the driving chilled out samba.
The album's songs are Saravá, Canto de Chegar, Na Baixa do Sapateiro/Saudades da Bahia, Estamos Aí, Noite do Meu Bem, Aruanda/Feio Não É Bonito/Exaltação à Mangueira, O Pato/Samba da Minha Terra/Só Danço Samba, Capoeira de Oxalá, É de Manhã/Menino das Laranjas and Saravá.
Here's the rare and sumptuous Leny Andrade, without ad interruptions...
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- 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.
- Waltel Branco: Mancini Tambem É Samba, go here.
- Jack Wilson Plays Brazilian Mancini, go here.
- Conjunto Copacabana Bossa: Bossa, go here.
- Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly, go here.
- Charles Earland: Charles Earland, go here.
- Kenny Burrell: Crash! w/ Jack McDuff, go here.
- Jack McDuff: The Heatin' System, go here.
- Horace Silver: Horace-Scope, go here.
- Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave, go here.
- Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Plays, go here.
- Sonny Stitt with Bennie Green: My Main Man, go here.
- Johnny Hodges and Earl Hines: Stride Right, go here.
- Lionel Hampton: Bossa Nova Jazz, go here.
- Johnny Hodges & Ben Webster: Cellar Session, go here.
- Bill Evans: Solo Sessions Vol. 1, go here.
- Frank Wess: Trombones & Flute, go here.
- Presenting the Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet, go here.
- Ernest Ranglin: Wranglin', go here.
- Dave Pell Octet: Plays Rodgers & Hart, go here.
- Milt Buckner: Block Chords Parade, go here.
- Roberto Menescal: A Nova Bossa, go here.
- Count Basie: Have a Nice Day, go here.
- Freddie Green: Mr. Rhythm, go here.
