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frogman you were posting as I was making up my last 2 posts. As you now know my Brazilian wife is no longer with me. But yes I know of "Little Brazil" 45th St. Manhattan. I have never ate at the place you mentioned but if they make authentic Feijo... 
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And here is Carnaval in Salvador. Its called "Trio Electrico" Basically its tractors pulling moving bandstands down the street at a snails pace with all the popular musicians from Brazil performing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYD_fQglups ... 
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There are so many different African rhythms from Bahia; I'm trying to capture some of them, but the current ones are not the one's I remember from a long time ago. 010 I first visited Brazil in 1995. I went to Rio (of course) but I met my ex wi... 
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frogman I don't know if you have ever been to Salvador Bahia Brazil. My ex wife was born there. This is the reason why I have been to Brazil so many times.Salvador Bahia is a small peninsula on the Atlantic coastline 500 or so km north of Rio De J... 
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acman Michel Camilo all I can say is "wow" Great Pianist.010  PALO! "Al Monte" • Musica Cubana Salsa Jazz Funk definitely exudes the Cubano style of jazz. Very diverse.schubert  Anika Nilles is a really good drummer. There are so many great musi... 
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I also ordered a 2004 CD  Lucidarium by saxman Steve Coleman.  Dafnis Prieto plays drums on this Coleman session. It is a 9 piece band plus a vocalist. 
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Good Cuban music from all. Thanks 010 for the kickstart.My favorite is  Dafnis Prieto. Thanks acman for posting it.I am familiar with Poncho Sanchez but was not aware of  Dafnis Prieto. I am really impressed with this drummer/arranger/educator. ... 
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o10 I have been to Ipanema many times. I hope one day both you and mary_jo get there. Ipanema lies just south of Copacabana beach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YnyZG8fNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-vlX8uRLMQ https://www.youtube.c... 
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Great pick alec. Although they did not get along Getz and Baker played many recording sessions together both studio and live and I found the music, for the most part, very good.Here is one in my collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ZK6XU... 
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mary_jo I have that Getz/Evans album in my collection. And the song you posted is just one out of all the beautiful music recorded on those dates 5 - 6 May 1964. I was 9 months old.Here is some earlier Getz recorded for the Roost record label betw... 
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mary_jo especially for you, the typical Roadrunner cartoon where poor Wile E Coyote struck by everything except lightning and falls thousands of meters with the "poof" sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCJwcNmGxRc  
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mary_jo I have about 3 dozen Stan Getz CD’s and have also read a great biography of Getz.His Tenor playing on "Desafinado" is so warm and lyrical and exemplifies why he was called "The Sound" I read somewhere that John Coltrane once commented that... 
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alec Wile E Coyote is not supposed to catch the Roadrunner. But we all always felt sorry for Wile E.Even the laws of physics are on the side of Roadrunner. Don't skip part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kP2piN-03k  
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Another one of my favorites was the Roadrunner and Wile E Coyote  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL_yeEog6Wo The first car I ever bought was a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner. I was 17 years old and paid 500 bucks for it in 1981. Powered by a 440 Magn... 
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acman the Pink Panther was one of my favorite cartoons growing up.Of course when I watched it I had no idea who Ray Mancini was but we all liked that song.