Buy this CD - Putamayo "Samba Bossa Nova"

Buy this record.



Don't believe me?

Track 1: Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum, (led by the son of Jobim.)

And the most awesome piece of music I've heard in awhile.

Track 2: Cores by Dalata

Marc,

My 'puter won't play it.

I'm afraid to ask, What does "putamayo" mean?

I cannot find an exact translation for "Puta".
Although, some of us know that it has an obscene
meaning in Spanish.

mayo of course, means "May".

Put together, it's the name of the record label.
Their records are really fantastic. I have their
New Orleans Brass CD too.

Maybe it combines something different like putam ayo. Or maybe it's Portugese. Or some Indian language. Or African.

Aha! I spelled it wrong. It's Putumayo, not Putamayo.

Putumayo is a region in Colombia. I think it's
the name of a tributary of the Amazon too.

marcellis said:

Buy this record.

Don't believe me?

Track 1: Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum, (led by the son of Jobim.)

And the most awesome piece of music I've heard in awhile.

Track 2: Cores by Dalata

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Wandered into this forum and discovered this thread.
Thanks for the heads up about Da Lata. I ordered their Songs from the Tin after hearing Cores.

I believe everything on the Putumayo label is outstanding!
http://www.putumayo.com
They specialize in world music, ethnic and national folk music and common songs of various regions. I have a Celtic collection, and I've heard a Mediterranean, Italian, Caribbean and a Middle Eastern collection. They have all been wonderful!! They aren't Hollywood arrangements of some generic "style" but genuine recordings of local musicians playing stuff they know intimately. Major thanks and kudos to Putumayo! And thanks to Marc Ellis for starting this thread!

I've got two Putamayo CD's. New Orleans Brass & Samba Bossa-Nova. If anything, the New Orleans Brass collection is even better than the Samba Bossa Nova volume.

They are both superb. Not one boring moment on either CD.

It's nice to know record companies like Putamayo can still exist these days.