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August 20, 2010 in Jazz Standards

We are taking a quick break from the blues series today to break things up just a bit. The 2 week blues series will resume tomorrow.

This is a wonderful bossa nova tune by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s also known as “Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars,” which is the first lyric of the tune when sung in English. It was …

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Meditation by Antonio Carlos Jobim

July 10, 2010 in Jazz Standards

Mediation is a nice bossa nova. I like the tune, but it’s connected to a painful experience for me. The first time it was called on me I was playing piano with trumpet player Carl Saunders at a jam session. I didn’t know the tune at the time (or a couple others he called), and I was pretty embarrassed. I’m …

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