A somewhat oddly put together CD that combines the 12 tracks of this trio album with 7 tracks from a leaderless album from 2 years later where they serve as the rhythm section with a group of Americans. The Brazilian version was Os Bossa Tres e sues Amigos so it is rightfully their album. That full second album also had 12 tracks and I don't see anything which describes criteria for why these 7 chosen. I have an mp3 version with the extra tracks, but I don't really see much point in cutting up the CD.
"The Bossa Três was the first instrumental group of the bossa nova. In 1961, Luís Carlos Vinhas (piano), Tião Neto (bass), and Edison Machado (drums) teamed up to form the trio. They went to the U.S. to accompany the dancers Lennie Dale, Martha Botelho, and Joe Benett on The Ed Sullivan Show. They remained in the U.S. and recorded three albums in New York, which were released by Audio Fidelity in 1962 (one of them accompanying Jo Basile). The group continued to perform in jazz nightclubs until its dissolution. Returning alone to Brazil, Vinhas regrouped the trio with other musicians and continued to work, recording and performing throughout Latin America. The Bossa Três recorded with Pery Ribeiro in 1966 and, in 2000, with Wanda Sá." AMG
