Various - Jazz Bossa Nova 1958-1962 The Essential Works Artist_Meridian Brothers the album marked a transition

the album marked a transition for the band with lead vocalist Jackie Eka-Ete recording her last sessions with Plunky and Virtania Tillery taking over lead vocal duties

and Holger Czukay on bass

decades-long experience as a DJ digging and spinning rare grooves from Be Bop

with a bonus 5th disc containing an additional 35+ minutes of music

Various - Jazz Bossa Nova 1958-1962 The Essential Works Artist_Meridian Brothers the album marked a transitionAt the end of the Fifties, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Joo Gilberto breathed a new sensitivity into the atmosphere of Rio de Janeiro: they introduced samba rhythms into the city's tristeza and felicidade. A new kind of music was born, one that bore a relationship to spleen, a kind of moody feeling, yet it showed glimmers of hope that mingled with a "cool" spirit relying on syncopated and relaxed rhythms. New winds began to blow over