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Oscar Brown Jr. & Luiz Henrique - Finding a New Friend (1966)

Τracklist :
1.Laia Ladaia 00:00
2.Nothin but a Fool 03:06
3.Manha de Carnaval 05:56
4.Much As I Love You 09:44
5.I had no Idea 12:34
6.Wham Bam Thank You Mam 15:06
7.Finding a New Friend 17:35
8.Dawn Comes Again 20:19
9.Listen to Me 22:40
10.The Answer to My Prayer 25:20
11.Seeing Maria 27:41
12.Barra Limpa 29:43

Oscar Brown, Jr. : Vocals
Luiz Henrique : Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Don Payne : Bass (Acoustic)
Dom Um Romão : Drums
Sivuca : Accordion

Review from hippy-djkit.blogspot:
Oscar Brown, Jr (October 10, 1926 -- May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, and civil rights activist. Luiz Henrique Rosa (Tubarão, November 25, 1938 - Florianópolis, July 9, 1985), also known as Luiz Henrique, was a Brazilian singer and musician.
"Finding a New Friend " is a nice, subtle readings of (largely) Brazilian material, mostly in the bossa nova vein, with a few original compositions by Oscar. This effort emerged out of a friendship between Oscar Brown and Luis Henrique, whom he met at Greenwich Village's Cafe Au Go Go in August 1965.
The album also includes a few Brazilian standards like "Laia Ladaia" and "Manha de Carnaval" as appetizers before the collaboration begins in earnest. The multi-talented Brazilian Sivuca is responsible for three of the soft-focused arrangements, while Henrique takes charge of the rest. While neither hard bossa, nor Brown's usual fiery stuff, is a nice mellow blending of two rich voices.

Review from Allmusic.com (Review by Richard S. Ginell) :
It was inevitable that a singer of a jazz-oriented style like Oscar Brown, Jr. would try his hand at the rich bossa nova repertoire that was everywhere in the early to mid-'60s. But being a creative soul, Brown took a more active hand than most did, contributing songs of his own and collaborating on others with Brazilian singer/guitarist/songwriter Luiz Henrique, whom he met at Greenwich Village's Cafe Au Go Go in August 1965. If truth be told, Brown's sly, sardonic vocal style isn't an exact fit for bossa nova; he has to rein himself in for this subtle, almost whispering idiom. But then, the songwriting collaboration works surprisingly well, mostly leaning toward a romantic '60s bossa nova idiom (the extremely seductive "Much As I Love You," "Finding a New Friend," "Seeing Maria,"), but occasionally hearkening back to Brown's North American hipster persona ("I Had No Idea," "Barra Limpa"). And they wander off the territory altogether with Brown's playfully racy bossa calypso, "Wham! Bam! Thank You Mam!" The album also includes a few Brazilian standards like "Laia Ladaia" and "Manha de Carnaval" as appetizers before the collaboration begins in earnest. The multi-talented Brazilian Santa Claus, Sivuca, is responsible for three of the soft-focused arrangements, while Henrique takes charge of the rest. This is an enjoyable detour for Brown and listeners.

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