PAUL DESMOND - BOSSA ANTIGUA

Great album from saxophone player Paul Desmond with Jim Hall on guitar, Gene Wright on bass and Connie Kay playing the drums and this came out in 1965.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LUIZ BONFA & MARIA TOLEDO - BRAZILIANA

Great samba/bossa nova album from Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo and this one came out in 1965.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KOICHI KAWABE - THE SOUND OF X - INSPIRED BY THE FILM SEX AND LIFE

An album from Japanese composer and trombonist Koichi Kawabe, inspired by the 1969 movie Maruhi Sei To Sekatsu. The title of the film was based on a book by writer and sexual medicine critic Xie Kokuken that came out in the late 60's. Jazzy Latin songs with a woman and a man moaning and laughing while having sex all through the record. Great and very obscure record and a huge thanks to Yoshio for all the information about this record! (and more info about it in the comment section). GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MARGIE SEGERS & IRENG MAULANA - JAZZ SAMBA

A jazz-pop and samba album from Margie Segers with music by Ireng Maulana. This is a promotional vinyl copy for radio stations, officially this only came out on cassette.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CHARLIE BYRD - LATIN IMPRESSIONS

Here's Charlie Byrd's 1962 album Latin Impressions.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

WALTER WANDERLEY - BATUCADA

Here's an album from Walter Wanderley and this one came out in 1967.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

S T A N G E T Z & L U I Z B O N F A - J A Z Z S A M B A E N C O R E !

Fantastic bossa nova album from Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfo that came out in 1963.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

S T A N G E T Z - J O A O G I L B E R T O - G E T Z / G I L B E R T O # 2

Great live album from Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto that came out in 1965, produced by Creed Taylor.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

THE NEW STAN GETZ QUARTET FEATURING ASTRUD GILBERTO - GETZ AU GO GO

Fantastic album from Stan Getz and his Stan Getz Quartet with Astrud Gilberto singing, recorded live at Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, N.Y.C., August 19, 1964, and produced by the great Creed Taylor.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

VICTOR SILVESTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA - LET'S GO

Here's an album from Victor Silvester and his Orchestra, and this one came out in 1972.... GET IT HERE enjoy!

A S T R U D G I L B E R T O - B E A C H S A M B A

Here's Astrud Gilberto's 1967 album Beach Samba and this is the 1976 (mono) pressing....

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THE ARTHUR MURRAY ORCHESTRA - ARTHUR MURRAY'S MUSIC FOR DANCING

Great album from Arthur Murray....

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - LATIN DANCE PARTY

Nice Latin album, no mention who the artists are, and a very funny record label, Strand Records:

Strand was a New York label that started as a full-priced label distributed by Decca, but soon began specializing in budget issues. They were originally located, in 1959, at 680 Fifth Avenue in New York, but by 1960 had moved to 157 West 57th Street, New York. The vinyl tended toward thick and cheap, with many imperfections. Much of the label's output -- but not all -- was "bargain bin filler." As with many of the other budget labels, the philosophy seemed to be "anything to sell records," and if that meant misleading the buying public, so be it. If that also meant using the tried-and-true industry practice of not paying artists - - or not even telling them their record had been released, then that worked, too. There are plenty of examples below, including putting out a Virtues album titled Guitar Boogie Shuffle, the name of their hit, when the song was not even on the album!

There were a couple of other notable albums, particularly the albums by Larry Hall and a couple of Chris Columbo albums with the minor hit "Summertime," but most of the output was typical bargain-bin dross. They did issue albums with some "name" artists like Bobby Rydell, Brook Benton, Ray Charles, Ivory Joe Hunter, Memphis Slim, and others, but these were typically tracks recorded early in the artists' career, not examples of their current work. Artists like Don Cherry, Texas Jim Robertson, Joe Zawinul, and Karen Chandler had some hits during their careers, but the Strand albums were not those hits. Journeymen like Billy Mure and Specs Powell added name recognition.

Eventually, the label moved to 905 N. Broad Street in Philadelphia, near their demise around 1965.

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RAWICZ AND LANDAUER - RHYTHMS IN THE SUN

Rawicz and Landauer were an immensely popular piano duo team that performed from 1932 to 1970. They were initially based in Vienna, Austria, but moved to the United Kingdom in the early part of their career. They were known for their arrangements of popular classics.

Marjan (or Maryan) Rawicz (1898 – 30 January 1970) was Polish. He studied in Poland, and in Vienna under Richard Robert, and also studied law at the University of Kraków, playing the piano at seaside resorts in his holidays to make ends meet.

Walter Landauer (1910 – 3 August 1983) was born in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy and under Emil von Sauer.

Here's their 1959 album Rhythm In The Sun, all Latin songs....

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EDMUNDO ROS - RHYTHMS OF THE SOUTH

Here's another album from Edmundo Ros and this one came out in 1958....

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HERBIE MANN - LATIN FEVER

Great album from flautist Herbie Mann (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003)that was recorded in New York City and in Rio de Janeiro with among others Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sergio Mendes and Baden Powell. This album came out in 1964....

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