By Randy Paul of Beautiful Horizons
I like Bossa Nova as much as the next person, but let's blaze some trails outside of Rio and explore some music from Minas Gerais and Pernambuco.
My intro to non-Bossa Nova Brazilian music came via Milton Nascimento. Milton grew up in Minas Gerais, the inland state where my wife comes from and which has a culture markedly different from Rio. The focus is on the mountains, not on the ocean. While this clip has had its embedding disabled, it clearly shows that Milton has admirers among the jazz community.
