Credits:

Pan American Orchestra

Description:

This is a reissue of a fantastic masterpiece that includes a superb cover of "Over the Rainbow"! The moment you drop the needle, you will feel bliss and joy. The exquisite ensemble is accompanied by a male-female scat chorus, and you are invited to lose yourself in the exquisite design. The album is a perfect blend of two albums ("Samba Internacional" and "Star Dust Samba") released in 1959, the year "The Black Orphee" was screened, with an eye on the U.S. market. The album is a pioneer of a melodious and happy bossa nova album throughout the entire album, not to mention the deftness with which the standard tunes such as M-7 and M-9 are handled. Recorded four years before Quincy Jones' masterpiece "Big Band Bossa Nova" (1963), we congratulate the world's first CD release of this premature masterpiece. The five bonus tracks from "Star" are also excellent. Commentary: Minoru Wakasugi

Tracklisting:

1.CHEGA DE SAUDADE
2.BRIGAS NUNCA MAIS
3.SAMBA MARAVILHOSO
4.PODE IMPLORAR
5.OVER THE RAINBOW
6.SE TODOS FOSSEM IGUAIS A VOCE
7.APITO NO SAMBA
8.E LUXO SO
9.I CRIED FOR YOU
10.GRANADA
11.PIOVE (Bonus Track)
12.PARADISE (Bonus Track)
13.AGAIN (Bonus Track)
14.I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Bonus Track)
15.PODE IMPLORAR (Bonus Track)