Paul Winter first visited Brazil in 1962, when the Paul Winter Sextet made a six-month tour of 23-countries of Latin America for US State Department. The success of that tour brought an invitation from Jackie Kennedy to play at the White House. The impact made on the Sextet by the bossa nova music of Brazil is reflected in their first Columbia recording, JAZZ MEETS THE BOSSA NOVA, which became a minor hit.

During that first visit, Winter met Carlos Lyra, an exceptionally rich lyrical composer and singer who was at the forefront of the new musical development in Brazil. In 1965 and 1966, Paul returned to Brazil, living in Rio de Janeiro.

Paul Winter's two early Brazilian albums, SOUND OF IPANEMA with Carlos Lyra and RIO with Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Menescal, and the Tamba Trio, were born out of these periods he spent in Brazil at a special time when the music called 'new touch' or Bossa Nova was emerging.

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THE SOUND OF IPANEMA

Recorded in Rio De Janeiro

THE SOUND OF IPANEMA is musica da aurora, tem gosta de saudade - Felix Grant

ARTISTS

Paul Winter - alto saxophone
Carlos Lyra - guitar, vocal
Sergio Mendes - piano
Sebastiao Neto - brass
Milton Banana - drums

TRACKING

All compositions by Carlos Lyra

Voce e eu (You and I)
Se e tarde me perdoa (Forgive me If I'm Late)
Maria ninguem (Maria Nobody)
De quem ama (For Whom Love)
Quem quizer encontrar o amor (Whoever Wants To Find Love)
Aruanda
Coisa mais linda (The Most Beautiful Thing)
O morro (The Hill)
Mas tambem quem mandou (What Made Me Do It)
Tem do de mim (Don't make me love)
Lobo bobo (The Big Bad Wolf)

RIO

"Bossa Nova is these sounds created by a young American musician, and his Brazilian friends: a gifted sax player who is today, with Felix Grant and Stan Getz, one of the great exponents of our music - Paul Winter"
Vinicius de Moraes in the liner notes to RIO

TRACKING

Reza (Lobo - Guerra)
Vagamente (Menescal - Boscoli)
Tristeza de nos dois (ferriera - Eihhorn - Bebeto)
Daniele (Eca - Bebeto)
Alem da Imaginacao (Menescal - Boscoli)
Rio (Menescal - Boscoli)
Avion (Song of the Jet) (Jobim)
Adriana (Menescal - Friere)
Inutil Paisagem (Jobim - de Oliveira)
Zomba (Bonfa - Toledo)
Saudade (Bonfa - Toledo)
Ela e Carioca (Jobim - de Moraes)