Tom and Elis did a classic. Another I really like is Diz' take on Chega de Saudade, with the beach sounds. live at antibes, with lalo schifrin on keys, tzigane elek bacsik on guitar...my favorite version of that song, for sure. http://www.amazon.com/Dizzy-French-Riviera-Gillespie/dp/B001UE27U6/ref=...

the Elis e Tom version of Aguas de Marco is definitely a classic. There's been an ongoing debate about whether the laughing and good humor on the recording was spontaneous or planned out beforehand. Elis had said she didn't want to record with Jobim, it was her record company that insisted. Either ...

love 'em all, really. ANYTHING that the divine gal costa is singing would be my favorite at the moment. a more sober assessment would be a felicidade and anos dourados as "favorites"...yeah, or whichever i'm playing at the moment...or the one eliane elias is whispering... https://www.youtu...

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for the possible one or two who stumble upon this site and don't know about buddy bolden, this seems a paean of some veracity:

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no, man. i LOVE jazz...most of it, anyway. st. louis blues, complete atomic basie, conrad herwig versions of wayne, trane & miles, bud, tatum, diz, all the peppers, all the dukes, wes, grant green, a thousand chick singers...and won't somebody please dig up the alleged recording of the grandaddy...

dunno what it looked like before, but me likey just fine now.

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carry on.