Bossa Nova & Ono Lisa

Alright, pick of the moment (see sidebar) issue—Bossa Nova and Ono Lisa. What and who? See the wikipedia links for details, I’ll just say a short word on each—

Bossa nova was derived from samba, and was very much influenced by jazz. It became massively popular in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America. It also enjoyed major international success during brief periods of popularity such as after the release of the film Black Orpheus in 1959 and with Stan Getz's recordings in the 1960s. Bossa nova repertoire consists predominantly of songs, while the instrumental music similar to it is generally called samba-jazz. Perhaps the best known bossa nova song is Antonio Carlos Jobim's The Girl from Ipanema (A Garota de Ipanema), which is widely known in both its original Portuguese and in English translation—which is also the autoplay item you hear in our current ukuradio right now. =)

And as for Ms Ono (小野リサ, Ono Risa)—she is probably the best bossa nova artist in Japan right now. Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1962, she moved with her family to Tokyo at 10. From then on she spent half of every year in Japan, and half in Brazil. She is a native speaker of Portuguese and Japanese, and has released albums in Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and Italian. Her first album, Catupiry, was released in 1989—she was 27 then—after which she released about one album a year. She became internationally more recognized in recent years, when her passion and talent in bossa nova was remarked upon by Brazilian jazz artists, including the author of Girl from Ipanema. Her characteristic warm, gentle voice blends the light-hearted joyousness of Latino music and the dreamy feel of cool jazz, soothing and delighting lovers of this genre.

I'll upload her As Time Goes By album as soon as yousendit begins working on my computer again, check back soon. =d
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Update: YSI is down for the moment, so I am using MegaUpload which doesn't seem to have an expiry date somewhere..here is the download link to the album, which I shall take down in a week's time. If you missed it, request and I'll send it personally to you again. Enjoy~ =)
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Update: as zhu has pointed out, this is more likely a compilation of sorts than a formal release. But that's minor, which means we are just without an album cover for this one, lol.

Track list to As Time Goes By

1 RED BLOUSE
2 BEIJO PARTIDO
3 MOON RIVER
4 SO DANCE SAMBA
5 Samba De Verao
6 o barquinho
7 PALPITE INFELIZ
8 MOONLIGHT SERENADE
9 TEA FOR TWO
10 AS TIME GOES BY
11 ANGEL`S EYES
12 I WISH YOU LOVE
13 BE WITH ME
14 PRETTY WORLD
15 YESTERDAY