Walter Wanderley Vinyl

Verve records v 8658 format.

Walter wanderley vinyl.

Jazz latin style. Walter wanderley may 12 1932 recife brazil september 4 1986 san francisco usa was a brazilian pianist organist and arranger. Wanderley had his biggest hit with the summer samba on this record i guess but he went on to record two albums that were even better cheganca and batucada i wish these were not so criminally hard to get on cd. In 1966 he made this record it was produced by creed taylor.

He moved to são paulo in 1947 where he reportedly learned to play organ with his aunt and also studied harmony at lyceu de artes. Wanderley gained notoriety in brazil in the 1960 s with his own group walter wanderley e seu conjunto and wrote arrangements for joão gilberto and antônio carlos jobim whose tunes he recorded. Walter wanderly rain forest original stereo release on verve v6 8658 bossa nova latin vinyl 1966. This record is one of the best albums of all time.

He had a smooth sophisticated sound with mostly breezy melodies that makes me think of xavier cugat though my husband calls it ice skating music. Bossanova latin jazz walter wanderley rain forest 1966 vinyl discogs explore. Vinyl lp album mono country. Rain forest by walter wanderley 1932 1986 he was born in recife brazil.

This is a great verve album now cd from 1966 by brazilian bossa nova organist walter wanderley and his trio.