Showing posts with label Quarteto Em Cy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quarteto Em Cy. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2011

DBMITW: Gil Evans - Naña

Gil Evans again. It's always Gil Evans. Usually I do these Daily-Best-Music-In-The-World-ses when I'm pressed for time, but this is such an insane rendition of one of my favorite Brazilian tunes it merited actually taking a minute to put together the video. Special vocals by Flora Purim:



After the break the first (and still favorite) version of Naña I heard, by Quarteto Em Cy:

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tuesday morning bossa nova

Well, "it's Tuesday" and "here's some bossa nova", anyway- this isn't a regular feature or anything. Here's  a variety of poppy 60's stuff, starting with one of my favorite things from the vocal group Quarteto Em Cy:



Edu Lobo, Roberto Menescal, and Tamba Trio after the break: