Samba Paradiso

If you enjoy the throaty samba sounds that remind you of late night dining in a swank dinner club with plenty of candles and good wine, you must experience this CD! Wanda de Sah delivers that cool, low and sexy voice that takes you away in English and Portugese to a soft, windy place. Sergio Mendes' Trio has the latin guitar, jazz bass and percussion down to a soulful science that is timeless and relaxing. I purchased this album in a bargain bin back in the late sixties, had a friend record it to tape, then promptly wore the tape out! At last I can enjoy this great South American samba as samba was meant to be once again!!

Exellent jazz bossa nova album...

For those who are used to the more kitchy sound of Mendes and his Brazil 66, you are in for a surpise here! Mendes is playing serious 1st rate bossa nova jazz, with jazz sax great Bud Shank, they play on the same level as Byrd, Getz, and Gilberto! This is 1st rate jazz, and Wanda de Sah, even sing liek Austrid Gilberto, but she sing more in key, then out. This cd says "best of" but it is actually hr album "Brazil 65", too bad they didn't reissue it with the cool cover. Great cd!!! Sergio's finest effort!

it's bud shank

This is an enjoyable album, and for my money, Bud Shank (not Stan Getz) rounds off some of the rough edges. Talented though she may be Wanda de Sah is very young and sounds it.(I know it's Bud because I have the original vinyl, on which he is credited.)