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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1962) {Essential Jazz Classics EJC55578 rel 2013}
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Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Bossa Nova Jazz / Piano

With the popularization of bossa nova in the early '60s, practically every recording artist had to have at least one bossa nova album. This effort by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is better than most due to the high quality of the compositions, of which the title cut is best-known. The date's two standards ("This Can't Be Love" and "Trolley Song") also fare well on this upbeat session.

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With their roots traced in two legendary '60s garage bands, The Outcasts and The Stoics, Homer were without doubt one of the best psychedelic/hard-rock outfits from Texas. Grown in U.S.A. was their only album, released as a private pressing in 1970. Rural psychedelic rock with early prog hints fuelled by stunning lead/dual guitar, melodic vocals and occasional mellotron. The 2002 CD reissue on Akarma adds two tracks from a non-LP 1970.

Life and travels in the USA expressed through Country Music. Guy Fletcher is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the keyboard player in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution. Following the disbanding of Dire Straits in 1995, Fletcher continued his association with band founder, Mark Knopfler as a core member of his band after launching his solo career.