Paul Winter & Carlos Lyra - The Sound of Ipanema

Elemental Music presents a newly remastered 180-gram LP reissue of an excellent 1964 jazz-bossa album: Paul Winter and Carlos Lyra's sensational album The Sound of Ipanema, originally released by the Columbia label. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, it features Lyra s compositions and includes the essential Brazilian combo of that period: S�rgio Mendes (piano), Sebasti�o Neto (bass), and Milton Banana (drums). Winter was the only American on this album and he fit very well with the bossa spirit because of his lyrical and open-minded musical sensibility. The album was a smooth and engaging American-Brazilian fusion. Highlights of this gem are the bossa standards 'Aruanda' and 'Quem Quiser Encontrar O Amor', originally composed by Carlos Lyra with Geraldo Vandr�. The Sound of Ipanema is a delightfully fresh album, symbol of the golden years of Bossa Nova.