Nelson Barbosa “Gaita Gaita”  Inspiracao Records (Brazil)  Slang for Harmonica:  Mississippi Sax Ol’ Lickin’ Stick Misery Whistle Tin Sandwich French Harp Moustache Trimmer/Trap Pocket Piano Gob Iron
Harp Poor Man’s Saxophone Fist Whistle Soul Biscuit Pocket Orchestra Little Brass Band Poor Man’s Fiddle Blues Burger Cookie Cutter Lady Shaver Starvation Stick Ol’ in and out Box Blues Buzzer
Ten Holer Mississippi Spit Wagon Band in the Hand Moothie (Scottish) Mouth Organ Tone Bone Spit Fiddle Pocket Whistle Bitch Whistle Maniacs Dummy Spit Box Harpoon Snort Organ Toot Sweet

(21 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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This just in!  “Dream”  Don Bradley and his Orchestra  Variety Records (Brazil)

(40 votes, average: 3.65 out of 5)

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Dance with Robledo and His Group Volume II  Alta Fidelidade Records (Brazil)   Look at the sheen on the dress and on that bass with it’s mirroring curves. Luscious!

(22 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)

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Lucio Alves   “Serestas”  Brazil  (1957)  Here’s a link to additional notes and to download the music.

(18 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Black-out  Copacabana Records (Brazil)  1950’s Sambas, Mambos and Boleros with voices

(20 votes, average: 3.70 out of 5)

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A beautiful cover from Brazil on Polydor Records.  Captures a fifties jitterbug thing but with a raw Latin American vibe.  “Dancando na Gafieira”  By Santana & Seu Regional Moderno

(18 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)

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Thanks to LP cover lover, Rob Keith, who we met at the WFMU Record Fair.  A collector of music from the North of Brazil, Rob sent us this nice one with this note:  Zezinho is a forró accordion player from the northeast of Brazil. His group was called “The Rat Pack of Forró.” Song titles include “Sweaty Women” and “Beautiful Balloons.” Forró is well known for double entendre wordplay, so the songs are probably what you would assume they are about… or not, depending on which way you decide to interpret them. The album is surprisingly good and well produced, recorded on 16 tracks in Rio.

(34 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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Jose Vasconcelos  “A Hora e a Vez do Riso”  Odeon Records (Brazil)  (1973)

(38 votes, average: 3.24 out of 5)

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Osmar Navarro … e Voces  Chantecler Records (Brazil)

(35 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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Surf Board   Conjunto Roberto Menescal   Elenco Records (Brazil)

(33 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)

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