The Bossa Nova style was born in Brazil in the late 1950s. This collection contains 20 complete albums from the Bossa Nova craze, including two 1953 precursors by tenor saxophonist Bud Shank and Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, as well as brilliant works in the genre by such jazz stars as Stan Getz, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims, Charlie Byrd, and Coleman Hawkins, among others, and the landmark recordings by Jo?o Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elizete Cardoso, and Vin?cius de Moraes which introduced Bossa Nova to the world. Included here are the following 20 albums in their entireties: / LAURINDO ALMEIDA / BUDDY SHANK: Brazilliance & Brazilliance Vol.2 / STAN GETZ: Jazz Samba & Big Band Bossa Nova / ZOOT SIMS: New Beat Bossa Nova & New Beat Bossa Nova Vol. 2 / COLEMAN HAWKINS: Desafinado / QUINCY JONES: Big Band Bossa Nova / ELIZETE CARDOSO & MOACYR SILVA: Sax Voz & Sax Voz No.2 / BUD SHANK / CLARE FISHER: Bossa Nova Jazz Samba / ELIZETE CARDOSO: Can??o do amor demais / VINICIUS DE MORAES: The Poet of the Bossa Nova / DIZZY GILLESPIE: Dizzy on the French Riviera / CHARLIE BYRD: Bossa Nova pelos p?ssaros / ANTONI CARLOS JOBIM: The Greatest Bossa Nova Composer Vol.1 & Vol.2 / JOAO GILBERTO: Chega de Saudade /aka The Warm World of Jo?o Gilberto / JOAO GILBERTO: O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor /aka Brazil’s Brilliant Jo?o Gilberto / JOAO GILBERTO: Jo?o Gilberto / aka The Boss of the Bossa Nova. INCLUDES 20/PAGE BOOKLET
