LUIZ BONFA: SOLO IN RIO 1959

One of the most creative guitar virtuosos of the 20th century, Luiz Bonfá is celebrated as one of the principal architects of the cool Brazilian sound of bossa nova—and as co-author, with Antônio Carlos Jobim, of the film score to "Black Orpheus." But Bonfá was far more than the composer of "Manhã de Carnaval." His technical mastery, intimacy, and dynamism suffuse every track of this first CD edition of his masterpiece, a long-unobtainable solo 1959 LP, along with a half-hour of previously unreleased material from the original studio session. 70 minutes. 31 tracks. 32-page booklet with extensive notes by Anthony Weller.

1 Pernambuco
2 Night and Day
3 Shearing
4 Sambolero
5 Calypso Minor
6 Uma Prece (A Prayer)
7 Bonfabuloso
8 Quebra Mar (The Seawall)
9 Luzes Do Rio (Lights of Rio)
10 Perdido de Amor (Lost in Love)
11 Manha de Carnaval
12 Amor Sem Adeus (Love Without Goodbye)
13 Variacoes Em Violao (Variations on Guitar)
14 Seringuerio
15 Chopin
16 Na Baixa Do Sapateiro [In the Shoemaker's Hollow]
17 Murder
18 A Brazilian in New York
19 Prelude to Adventure in Space
20 Tenderly
21 Blue Madrid
22 Marcha Escocesa (Scottish March)
23 Fanfarra (Fanfare)
24 Samba de Orfeu
25 Manha de Carnava
26 Perdido de Amor 2
27 Sambolero 2
28 Qubra Mar 2
29 Seringueiro Excerpt
30 Seringueiro 2
31 Luzes de Rio 2