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Laurindo Almeida | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 13, 1996)
• Label: Curb Records
• ASIN: B000000DFC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,826,286 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Desafinado

2. More

3. Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon)

4. Satin Doll

5. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

6. What Kind of Fool Am I?

7. Till Then

8. Misirlou

9. Acapulco 1922

10. Hava Nagila

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful melange of 60s Latin sounds. Aural silk!, March 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars (Audio CD)

This album brought back warm and delightful memories of my youthful experiences in the 1960s. "More", played in the only way that it should be, is an all-time favourite and is as exotic now as it was 30 years ago. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" will be forever associated with Tony Bennett but this Latin version is equally splendid. "Desafinado" is synonymous with Laurindo Almeida and the two go together as if destiny deemed it. All told, a wonderful recording and one that should certainly form the centre-piece of the collection of even the most critical of Bossa Nova afficianados.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Best of Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars, April 5, 2008

By 

Richard J. Beck "Doc Beck" (Carbondale, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars (Audio CD)

I am a classical guitarist and I love the music of Laurindo Almeida. I ordered this CD expecting to hear excellent Bossa Nova that would have the cool sounds of Jobim combined with the steady, wonderful rhythms of this genre. Instead, I have a CD of elevator music. The dominant instrument in this combo is an organ. Now, organs are not bad if played by a competent player, such as one hears in Perez Prado. But this organ reminded me more of what one hears at high mass. Save your money. Dr. Richard J. Beck

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars unhappy in lebanon, November 3, 2006

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Robert P. Hamilton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars (Audio CD)

i thought this would latin misic on a classical guitar. it is more of a production with a orchestra. not what i was lookinf for.