Laurindo Almeida – Guitar from Ipanema (1964)

01 – The Girl From Ipanema
02 – Manha De Carnaval
03 – Sarah’s Samba
04 – Winter Moon (Vocal By Irene Kral)
05 – Izabella
06 – Choro For People In Love
07 – Queit Night Of Queit Stars (Corcovado)
08 – Old Guitaron (Vocal By Irene Kral)
09 – Um Abraco No Bonfa
10 – Twilight In Rio
11 – The Fiddler’s Wolf Whistle

Laurindo Almeida – guitars
Al Hendrickson – 2nd guitar
Jack Marshall – 3rd guitar
Harry Klee – flute (3,6,7)
Justin Gordon – flute (1,2,4,5,8-11)
George Fields – harmonica (2,10)
Irene Kral – vocals (4,8)
Jack Marshall – whistling (1,11)
Djalma Ferreira – keyboards (5)
Fafa Lemos – violin (11)

It is a bit ironic that guitarist Laurindo Almeida found himself in the 1960's jumping on the bossa-nova bandwagon a bit late for he had actually pioneered the movement a decade earlier. The Brazilian guitarist plays well enough on the 11 bossa tunes included on this out-of-print Lp (mostly originals plus covers of "The Girl From Ipanema," "Manha De Carnaval" and "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars") but the arrangements (which sometimes utilize the whistling of Jack Marshall, George Field's harmonica and flutist Harry Klee among others) are commercial and overly concise; all but two of the songs are under three minutes. Irene Kral's two vocals (quite early in her career) are a plus and the music is quite pleasing but there are no surprises. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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