In the winter of 1977, guitarist Joe Pass toured Brazil for the first time. When he returned to the U.S., he found himself energized by the understated and sensual samba and bossa nova. Though the bossa nova had been influencing American popular music since the early 1960s, Pass had avoided recording an entire album of Brazilian compositions as a leader…
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