Laurindo Almeida "Guitar From Ipanema" LP Capitol Records T-2197 (US)

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Track Listing:

A1The Girl From Ipanema 2:19 A2Manhã De Carnaval 3:06 A3Sarah's Samba 2:03 A4Winter Moon 2:58 A5Izabella 2:30 A6Choro For People In Love 2:38 B1Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars 2:40 B2Old Guitaron 2:46 B3Um Abraço No Bonfa 2:09 B4Twilight In Rio 3:01 B5The Fiddler's Wolf Whistle 2:08 During a long and uncommonly productive career, Brazilian guitarist achieved a ubiquity in popular music that has yet to be fully recognized. Largely responsible for the Brazilian/North American "samba jazz" that would eventually catch on in the form of a musical trend known as bossa nova, he played behind dozens of well-known pop vocalists and improved the overall texture of many a studio production ensemble. One credible estimate states that contributed to no less than 800 film soundtracks (among them The Old Man and the Sea, How the West Was Won, and Breakfast at Tiffany's), as well as countless TV scores. He also authored a series of guitar instruction books that are still in use worldwide. A master improviser and a skilled arranger as well as a brilliant interpreter of classical repertoire, he left for posterity superb recordings of works by , , , and as well as a host of Brazilian composers including , , and . 's own chamber compositions include a concerto for guitar and orchestra. was born in the village of Prainha near the Port of Santos in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, on September 2, 1917. He received his first musical instruction from his mother, a classically trained pianist, and credited her fondness for the music of as a primary influence. After observing his sister being given guitar lessons, "" borrowed her instrument and retreated to a barn where he taught himself to play entirely by ear, transferring what he'd heard his mother play on the piano to the strings of the guitar. Many years later he would declare his preference for the direct intimacy of the guitar as opposed to the more percussive piano. By the age of nine he had become uncommonly skilled and was well on the way to becoming a guitar virtuoso; it was then that he lost his father to typhoid fever. At 12 he relocated to São Paulo with his brother. He joined the Revolutionary Army at 15 and was wounded in a civil conflagration. While recuperating in a hospital he met , a nationally respected guitarist who was visiting to perform for the patients. Within a few years, would perform and record extensively with . In 1935 moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he teamed up with singer and tenor guitarist and began working in radio while becoming active as a songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist and performing regularly at the Casino da Urea. He composed folk songs, fox trots, sambas, choros, waltzes, and comedic airs, and worked with a broad range of artists including choro master . He also collected 78-rpm jazz records, and was especially fond of the way played the piano. In 1936, at the age of 19, he got a job (playing banjo for the most part so as to be heard) for half a year on the Cuyaba, a cruise ship that docked in every country along the coast of Europe from Spain to Germany. While visiting Paris he was able to hear and in person. In 1941 he played the Casino Copacabana, and switched over to the Casino Balneario da Urca the following year. It was there that he met a Portuguese ballerina named Natalia (Maria Miguelina Ferreira Ribeiro) in 1944 and married her shortly afterwards. After touring north with , moved to Los Angeles in 1947, and was able to do so because of royalties received from the sale of his tune "Johnny Pedlar," made famous as "Johnny Peddler" by popular acts like , , and . He performed in Laguna Beach with , , and violinist and appeared in a variety show with vocalist and comedians and , and in movies with and . What made so different from anyone else on the scene at the time was his practice of using only his fingers on the guitar strings; everybody else used picks. When asked who his favorite guitarists were, he gave an answer that was emblematic of his entire career: classical virtuoso and of . 's film production work brought him to the attention of bandleader , who hired and featured him while absorbing stylistic elements of the northeast Brazilian baiao, the samba, and the choro. eventually composed "Lament" especially for the guitarist. 's direct involvement with 's orchestra lasted until 1952. His first album as a solo artist, Concert Creations for Guitar, was released in 1950 by 's host label, Capitol. Just as , , and had enlivened the scene with their Afro-Cuban jazz during the late '40s, 's session work during his first decade in the U.S. pollinated the modern jazz scene with rhythms and melodies from Brazil. During the years 1953-1958, he recorded several jazz samba albums with saxophonist that have since come to be regarded as precursors of the bossa nova trend of the late '50s and early '60s. In addition to steady session work with vocalists like , , , , , , , , , , , , , and vocal groups like , , and , collaborated with bandleader , pianist , multi-instrumentalist , space age pop music's , 's right-hand man , and Hollywood's master of movie music . Between 1960 and 1967 put out no less than nine pop-oriented albums for Capitol; these were in addition to at least as many "classical" titles for that label. When the bossa nova craze really set in, brought an authentic Brazilian presence to records by , , and ; he also assisted with a Christmas LP and cut an album with , touring with them throughout all of Europe. While continuing to work with , he practiced anonymity as a member of and , sat in with bandleader , backed and , and shared a session with trumpeter . In 1968 he played on the soundtrack of the film Charly, based upon Flowers for Algernon, a novel by Daniel Keyes. In 1970 was one of the musicians backing on his album, produced by , who invited the guitarist back to record the album in 1972. In 1974 and formed with bassist and drummer (later replaced by ); this unit would eventually turn out at least eight albums, mostly for the Concord label, with which would be closely associated for the rest of his days. During the 1980s he performed with his second wife, Canadian soprano Deltra Ruth Eamon; he also recorded several albums with guitarist and led a trio at Disney World in Orlando, FL. In 1988 he formed a three-piece unit called Guitarjam with and . never failed to get behind musicians who earned his respect, and was especially supportive of other guitarists, including fellow Brazilian and classicist . At the age of 74 he cut a live album () with his trio at a club near San Diego, performing (in addition to his own compositions) works by , , , , , and . This intriguingly diverse selection was typical of , who passed away on July 26, 1995, in Van Nuys, CA.

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