This is a great verve album now cd from 1966 by brazilian bossa nova organist walter wanderley and his trio.
Walter wanderley vinyl.
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He moved to são paulo in 1947 where he reportedly learned to play organ with his aunt and also studied harmony at lyceu de artes.
Brazilian pianist and organist walter wanderley is featured here on this ultra rare album originally released in 1977 with very limited distribution.
Walter wanderley may 12 1932 recife brazil september 4 1986 san francisco usa was a brazilian pianist organist and arranger.
This record is one of the best albums of all time.
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Rain forest by walter wanderley 1932 1986 he was born in recife brazil.
Verve records v 8658 format.
Wanderley gained notoriety in brazil in the 1960 s with his own group walter wanderley e seu conjunto and wrote arrangements for joão gilberto and antônio carlos jobim whose tunes he recorded.
Wanderley had his biggest hit with the summer samba on this record i guess but he went on to record two albums that were even better cheganca and batucada i wish these were not so criminally hard to get on cd.
Vinyl lp album mono country.
In 1966 he made this record it was produced by creed taylor.
He had a smooth sophisticated sound with mostly breezy melodies that makes me think of xavier cugat though my husband calls it ice skating music.