> >Nova Bossa (companion album to Red Hot + Rio with classic versions from
> Impulse!)
>
> Just a minor correction. The classic versions are from Verve not Impulse.
Oops! A memory slip.
> Also (along the same lines), the Friends From
> Rio, Man Sueto and Bossa Nostra cd's on Irma are outstanding as well. The
> first Juice compilation is packed with bossa tunes too.
Yes, forgot the Juice comps. Are those others available domestically?
> I have always considered bossa nova and Latin music to be separate styles
> of music. Seems like much of the time on the list they are considered the
> same thing. For my own understanding, what exactly is "Latin music"? It
> would probably be easier to understand if specific artists were named.
Why would Bossa Nova be a separate category? Wouldn't Salsa then be a
separate category? Or meringue? And so on? And where does Caribbean-type
stuff, other than reggae, fit in? Perhaps there's both a narrow and a wide
use of the Latin music term.
bil
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