 | O Rinco Da Cuica by João Bosco
Samba for people who think. Infectious rhythms, incredible musicianship, witty lyrics - for those who understand Portuguese.
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 | Clube da Esquina
Buy used from: £9.99 The greatest album from Brazil's king of melancholy. The singing on Dos Cruces is spine tingling and the harmonies and melodies throughout are effortlessly complex.
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 | Antonio by Délia Fischer
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £3.29 Even most Brazilians don't know of this protege of Egberto Gismonti. Wonderful lyrical piano, ECM Jazz meets Tom Jobim.
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 | Definitive Collection by Vinicius de Moraes
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.99 Smooth bossa nova from the poet of Ipanema. Great collections with that archetypal 1960s Brazilian sound made famous by Stan Getz
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 | Circense by Egberto Gismonti
Buy used from: £49.26 Lyrical ECM style Brazilian jazz with some hauntingly beautiful melodies, the best of which is Palhaco (clown)
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 | Todos Os Sons by Miranda Marlui
Buy used from: £2.68 Astoundingly complex and beautiful music from the Amazon ararnged by one of the country's greatest modern composers and sung by indigenous people.
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 | Viva Brazil by Tânia Maria
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.99 The best CD from the New York based queen of Brazilian piano jazz. Jobim's one note samba has never been better.
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 | Quarteto /Ecy by Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £8.38 Tom Jobim at his best, but without Tom Jobim. This was made by members of his family and his close friends after his death.
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 | Sem Gravidade by Otto
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £0.74 Trippy music from the north east of Brazil - Massive Attack meet Nana Vasconcelos for a smoke in a beach palapa.
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 | Identity by Airto Moreira
Buy used from: £14.00 The best CD from the Parana percussionist singer who played with Miles, McLaughlin and Chick Corea. Eccentric, inventive. Mae Cambinha is genius
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 | Elis & Tom by Elis Regina
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £4.53 No one is more sadly missed in Brazil than Elis Regina; the country's greatest ever singer. Her voice can be as fiery as Janis Joplin and as sweet as Madredeus. Almost every track is a gem.
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 | Bicho Solto O XIII by Djavan
Buy new: £13.69 / Used from: £36.73 Brazil's Stevie Wonder - jazzy pop as smooth as Sade and as musically sophisticated as Steely Dan
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 | Karnak by Karnak
Buy used from: £4.25 Daft, theatrical and beautifully played Brazilian rock. One of the band members is a Jack Russell.
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 | Preludes & Rhapsodies by Deodato
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £6.29 The Herbie Hancock of Brazilian jazz funk. Worth getting for the jazz funk Also Spracht Zarathustra alone.
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 | Alfagamabetizado by Carlinhos Brown
Buy used from: £10.57 By far the best album from Bahia's most famous modern son. Incredible percussion, lyrical singing, wonderful songs - a real treat.
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 | Brazil (Footprint Handbooks) by Alex Robinson
Buy new: £10.07 / Used from: £9.56 The best guide for when you plan to visit
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