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Laurindo Almeida

During a extended and uncommonly productive job, Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida accomplished a ubiquity in popular music which has yet to become fully recognized. Mainly in charge of the Brazilian/North American “samba jazz” that could ultimately catch on by means of a musical pattern referred to as bossa nova, he …

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Charlie Byrd

Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd experienced two notable achievements to his credit — applying acoustic traditional guitar ways to jazz and well-known music and assisting to expose Brazilian music to mass UNITED STATES audiences. Born right into a musical family members, Byrd experienced his 1st clean with greatness …

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