Released 17/05/10. João Gilberto invented the clean, modernist style that defines Bossa Nova; using the guitar as a percussive as well as a harmonic instrument. He and his contemporaries of the Bossa generation; Baden Powell, Luiz Bonfá and Laurindo Almeida variously combined samba, choro and Afro-Bahian ritual music with Bach, bebop, swing to forge the style that seduced the world and changed the course of musical history. All of these Brazilian guitar masters point to the inspiration of Anibal Augusto Sardinha, Garôto, who, in blending traditional Brazilian music with jazz harmonies, anticipated by years the Bossa Nova conception.

Baden Powell - Rapaz de Bem / Sem Saudades De Você / Amor Sincopado / No Baixa do Sapateiro / Estrellita / Samba Triste (Sad Samba) / João Gilberto - E luxo só (It's Just a Luxury) / Outra vez / Luiz Bonfá - Manha de Carnival (Morning of the Carnival) / Shearing / Chopin / Luzes do Rio (Lights of Rio) / Uma Prece (A Prayer) / Quebra Mar (The Seawall) / Bonfabuloso / Samba de Orfeu / Walquiria / Dobradinho / Eurdice / Laurindo Almeida - Mystified / Braziliance / GARÔTO - Alma Brasileira / Sons carrilhões / Duas contas / Gracioso / Viivo Sonhando (I'm Always Dreaming) / Um Rosto de Mulher (A Woman's Face)

Released 17/05/10. João Gilberto invented the clean, modernist style that defines Bossa Nova; using the guitar as a percussive as well as a harmonic instrument. He and his contemporaries of the Bossa generation; Baden Powell, Luiz Bonfá and Laurindo Almeida variously combined samba, choro and Afro-Bahian ritual music with Bach, bebop, swing to forge the style that seduced the world and changed the course of musical history. All of these Brazilian guitar masters point to the inspiration of Anibal Augusto Sardinha, Garôto, who, in blending traditional Brazilian music with jazz harmonies, anticipated by years the Bossa Nova conception.

Baden Powell - Rapaz de Bem / Sem Saudades De Você / Amor Sincopado / No Baixa do Sapateiro / Estrellita / Samba Triste (Sad Samba) / João Gilberto - E luxo só (It's Just a Luxury) / Outra vez / Luiz Bonfá - Manha de Carnival (Morning of the Carnival) / Shearing / Chopin / Luzes do Rio (Lights of Rio) / Uma Prece (A Prayer) / Quebra Mar (The Seawall) / Bonfabuloso / Samba de Orfeu / Walquiria / Dobradinho / Eurdice / Laurindo Almeida - Mystified / Braziliance / GARÔTO - Alma Brasileira / Sons carrilhões / Duas contas / Gracioso / Viivo Sonhando (I'm Always Dreaming) / Um Rosto de Mulher (A Woman's Face)