Personnel: Charlie Byrd, Romero Lubambo (guitar); Maucha Adnet (vocals); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Chuck Redd (vibraphone); Nilson Matta (bass); Duduka Da Fonseca (drums). Recorded at Sound On Sound, New York, New York from May 12-14, 1998. Includes liner notes by Mark Holston. Personnel: Charlie Byrd (guitar); Romero Lubambo (guitar); Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Chuck Redd (vibraphone). Audio Mixer: Josiah Gluck. Liner Note Author: Mark Holston. Recording information: Sound on Sound, New York, NY (05/12/1998-05/14/1998). Classically-trained jazz acoustic guitarist Byrd has crafted a gem of a tribute to one of the most popular and influential forms of music to come out of Brazil: the bossa nova. It's a music that conjures warm, sultry, romantic nights in one of the most diverse countries in South America and the world. Byrd was one of the first American jazz players to popularize bossa nova in America in the early 1960s--yet this album is very special. For the first time, Byrd has recorded ...