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This item usually ships in 1-3 days This item does not qualify for discounts, special promotions or coupon codes. Listed price is subject to change, according to availability and market value. 01. Aquarela Do Brasil 02. Águas De Março 03. De Flor Em Flor 04. Zanca Zangada 05. É Luxo Só 06. Curaré 07. Feitiço Da Vila 08. Com Acucare Com Afeto 09. Caminhos Cruzados 10. Valera A Pena 11. Juras 12. Chovendo Na Roseira 13. Amor Em Paz 14. Abajur Lilas   Aquarela Do Brazil (mp3)   De Flor Em Flor (mp3)   E Luxo S (mp3)   Curare (mp3)   Feitiço da Vila (mp3)   Com Acucar, Com Afeto (mp3)   Caminhos Cruzados (mp3)   Juras (mp3)   Chovendo Na Roseira (mp3)   Amor Em Paz (mp3) Personnel includes: Rosa Passos (vocals, guitar), Lula Galvão (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Carlos Malta, Andréa Earnest Dias (flute), Fernando Merlino, Itamar Assiere (piano), Sizão Machado, Jorge Helder (acoustic bass), Erivelton Silva (drums, Armando Marçal (percussion), Eduardo Hack, Leo Ortiz, Vidal (violin), Jesuina Noronha Passaroto, Jesuina, Eduardo Pereira, Stephany (viola), Jorge Kundert, Louis Fernando Zamith (cello), Ivan Lins, Chico Buarque (guest vocals) String Arrangements by Waltel Branco and Leandro Braga Total time: 55:20

Delicately creative on her own terms, Rosa Passos is steadily rising out of the "best kept secret" category by virtue of her touring performances with Yo Yo Ma and on Kenny Rankin's award-winning "Here In My Heart" CD, adding to her own critically acclaimed solo albums. She has all the modern phrasing and techniques, but throughout this Brazilian songbook she never seems too far away from those early samba vocalists of the 60's. As with all great singers, Passos' soulful warmth has grown from her early influences to bring forth a vocal presence that is immediately recognizable. This CD became a hard-to-find classic when the Velas label abruptly ceased operations a few years ago but this "Best of" compilation is an exquisitely sequenced disc that does an almost perfect job in sketching the still evolving career of this singer/guitarist with the pretty alto voice and lilting playing style. Even in Brasil, Passos' early recordings may only show up occasionally, so these selections serve as a perfect introduction to the singer for the Americans who have never heard her. And the compositions are by names even the most casual Brasilian music fan knows: Jobim, Djavan and Dori Caymmi. As should be the case with a "Best of' album, there's not a bad track in this 14-song collection, and although the duets with Chico Buarque and Ivan Lins are natural highlights, and the cover of Edu Lobo's "Zanga Zangada" shouldn't go unnoticed either.