Are there any good Brazilian-influenced British records before the 80s?
It seems weird to me that there doesn´t seem to be much. In France you had Pierre Barouh, Une Homme et une Femme, Tania Maria, and a bunch of other exiles, with France Gall, Serge and many others adopting the style.In Italy Morricone and dozens of other film composers adopted it to their vocabulary, as did a decent selection of pop artists. Germany and Scandinavia also had their waves, and even Japan seems to have shown much more interest than the UK.
America made Sergio Mendes rich and plenty of Brazilian musicians made a living there, with jazzers actively seeking them out.
In the UK Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil lived and played in London yet left barely a trace. I can think of Tony Hatch doing a few decent loungey covers and please don´t post Duncan Lamont again.Even Sergio Mendes didn´t have a top 40 hit before this century. You find lps by Mendes, Bonfa, Jobim etc in charity shops, but they don't seem to have registered much in terms of influence.
On the other hand the jazz dance/acid jazz/nu jazz scene from the mid-80s on may perhaps have contributed to a lot of the nu-bossa stuff, although I reckon Germans, Belgians and then Brazilians were much more enthusiastic.
It seems weird to me that there doesn´t seem to be much. In France you had Pierre Barouh, Une Homme et une Femme, Tania Maria, and a bunch of other exiles, with France Gall, Serge and many others adopting the style.In Italy Morricone and dozens of other film composers adopted it to their vocabulary, as did a decent selection of pop artists. Germany and Scandinavia also had their waves, and even Japan seems to have shown much more interest than the UK.
America made Sergio Mendes rich and plenty of Brazilian musicians made a living there, with jazzers actively seeking them out.
In the UK Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil lived and played in London yet left barely a trace. I can think of Tony Hatch doing a few decent loungey covers and please don´t post Duncan Lamont again.Even Sergio Mendes didn´t have a top 40 hit before this century. You find lps by Mendes, Bonfa, Jobim etc in charity shops, but they don't seem to have registered much in terms of influence.
On the other hand the jazz dance/acid jazz/nu jazz scene from the mid-80s on may perhaps have contributed to a lot of the nu-bossa stuff, although I reckon Germans, Belgians and then Brazilians were much more enthusiastic.
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