Saxophonist Paul Winter’s career has taken in numerous divergent turns, from straight jazz to experiments with world and new age music. Signed to Columbia early in his career, he was sent on a State Department tour of Latin America in 1962..

The contacts he picked up on that trip proved fruitful for a return trip two years later. Briefly making the country his home, he recorded two albums in Rio De Janeiro with the cream of local bossa talent. Originally released in 1964, The Sound Of Ipanema features Sérgio Mendes on piano, Sebastião Neto on bass and Milton Banana on drums, with one of the genre’s founders, Carlos Lyra providing the songs and the work’s defining presence. His intimate, velvet smooth vocals and intricate guitar lines blend sweetly with Winter’s gentle and unobtrusive sax lines throughout, finding their apogee on superlative versions of Você E Eu and De Quem Ama. - Record Collector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH4h8N_525k&list=RDKH4h8N_525k&start_radio=1

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Le Monde Musical De Baden Powell by Baden Powell, released on Barclay in 1964

From the liner notes:

He’s 27 years old. Born in Rio. He played since 8 y.o. After having studied in Rio academy, where he improved his style and learned composition..He teamed with Tom Jobim, Carlos Lyra, Roberto Menescal for work and tours in several big cities in Brazil. He recorded with Herbie Mann and Jimmy Pratt just before his departure to the US. After some concerts in the Village Vanguard, his friend and poet Vinicius de Moraes made him come to Paris in the late of 63. He gave recitals and tv shows: Living room, musicorama etc… Asked for his guitaristic influences he answers: Segovia, Van Eps, Django are people that are part of the musical world I love. With this record you’ll be able to discover samples from this musical universe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXr3FET_Msc&list=OLAK5uy_mYyyO70antXp9T_HILjxYp_V0XpIZSVE8

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Bad! Bossa Nova is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated" "This was Ammons' final recording before 'being made an example of' and getting a lengthy jail sentence for possession of heroin; his next record would be cut over seven years later... The music is offbeat..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbmOvh_q9c&list=OLAK5uy_miPGSFwV7TEjn9M6EYV0FEB7d1j7ssu9Q&index=1

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