Brazil

Xavier Cugat · 1943 · His biggest hit: seven weeks at No. 2 on Billboard

Context

Aquarela do Brasil, composed by Ary Barroso and first recorded in 1939 by Francisco Alves with Radamés Gnattali's orchestra, was adapted into English under the title Brazil. Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria orchestra cut a version for Columbia (36651), which reached No. 2 on the American charts in 1943 and, along with the Disney films, helped fuel the samba craze in the United States.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• The Lady in Red (1935)

Sources

• originals.be
• musicvf.com

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