A Felicidade(Antônio Carlos Jobim;Vinicius de Moraes)

It Had to Be You	Standard (Isham Jones / Gus Kahn)	A romantic declaration delivered with supreme lyricism and restraint. The performance is lightly swung and deeply felt, conveying true love through a seductive whisper.
Too Beautiful for Words	Original Composition	A heartfelt original ballad where the vocal is delivered straight and true, like reading a love letter aloud, leaning into high-tenor fragility.
Am I Blue?	Standard (Harry Akst / Grant Clarke)	Stripped down to its essence. The vocal is a gentle, vibrato-free lament, delivered with a tone that is both melancholy and deeply personal.
Mean To Me	Original Composition	A light, mid-tempo swing. The vocal is rhythmically precise but emotionally detached, an exercise in studied cool that conveys longing without raising the volume.
More Than You Know	Standard (Vincent Youmans / Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu)	The emotional peak. The vocal is fragile and high in the tenor register, utterly honest, echoing the directness of a horn solo.
But Not for Me	Standard (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)	The cool exit. A breezy, nonchalant take on unrequited love, capturing bittersweet cynicism with a smooth, understated cool.


More Than You Know

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Joao Gilberto's debut LP, 1959's Chega de Saudade, was one of the most important Bossa Nova recordings, and credited by many as the album that launched bossa nova as a major popular music genre.

The 15 songs songs add up to a surprisingly short playing time but introduce several of bossa nova's most beloved trademarks: breezy, soothing melodies and vocals; tight arrangements with seamless blends of clipped guitar strokes and light orchestration, and, of course, the Bossa Nova rhythm. The most popular of these songs - "Chega de Saudade" and "Desafinado" - had already been released as singles in 1958.

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Johnny Alf - Eu E a Brisa

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