Obviously this is a modern interpretation of a sound from the sixties. But, I've always been drawn to this kind of music. I'd love to hunt down some old records from the era in this style. I'm just not sure what to look for. Is it, like, samba music? Latin jazz? I have no idea. Perhaps someone could point me in the right direction - whether it's a genre / section I should browse in a record store, or a few artists, that would be great.

look into bossa nova

particularly the jobim and gilberto families

i'm sure harry and billy g could probably point you much further down this path than i

and no initial exploration of the genre would be complete without this classic from this bossa nova ingénue

Thanks, toots! Checking these out now, and I await word from harry and billy.

i love this genre as well...it really takes you some place

Yeah you'd probably like the albums Wave and Stone Flower by Antonio Carlos Jobim.





Also, in addition to Chega de Saudade, the Joao Gilberto albums Amoroso and Brasil (generally found together as a twofer) as well as his 1973 self-titled and the original Getz/Gilberto collaboration album (featuring Jobim on guitar) that kicked off bossa nova as a phenomenon in the US.

billy g or someone else may be able to offer some deeper exploration, but if you're not really familiar with bossa nova at all, this is where you'll want to start.

And the clip you posted above is definitely bossa nova which is a fusion of jazz and samba. Samba is the rhythmic undercurrent in bossa nova, but it's pretty subdued.

this music makes me want to take up smoking




not just smoking. thoughtful smoking

Right on. Thanks, Drinky & toots. Gonna be exploring this stuff while at work this week, and possibly do some vinyl hunting this weekend.

I'm not sure why Phil posted this but Tropicalia has little in common with Bossa Nova other than both being Brazilian. Also, AMG's description of Tropicalia is decent but their album listing is woefully inaccurate. It almost looks like they selected Brazilian albums at random for inclusion. There were probably less than 10 Tropicalia albums ever released. Their album listing includes much more than 10 albums and not that many of the actual Tropicalia releases.

I don't think AMG's Bossa Nova album listing is much more accurate unfortunately.

Toots and Drinky have given you a good starting point. Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim are the biggest names. I greatly prefer Joao Gilberto personally and think his first three albums including Chega de Saudade which that youtube Toots posted plays in full are his best. He has a live album "In Tokyo" which is really pretty good too and I like the ones Drinky recommended also. Astrud Gilberto has a few good albums but also some very meh stuff. I'm not a fan of Bebel Gilberto at all.

Bossa Nova can be pretty great but it also can sound very much like dated easy listening lounge jazz. There's a pretty fine line. Bossa Nova guitar is a very intricate style of playing and is supposed to be very hard to play. The more piano and horns are layered on though and the more you bury the guitar which is what is usually what makes it special.

If I can think of anything else worth looking for, I'll come back and post it.

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me neither.

i tried to like her, but it's pretty much spa music.