This history of bossa nova is the result of three years of research by Marcus Wagner and his team of musicians, journalists, and historians, aimed at recreating the atmosphere of Copacabana's richest musical and intellectual period in Brazil. The story unfolds against the backdrop of 1950s Brazilian music. "Soirée à Copacabana" is the biography of an era when musicians, writers, and philosophers brought a vibrant Brazil to life, in close connection with Paris. This first volume presents the pre-bossa nova era. In 1955, the bohemian nights of Copacabana were frequented by Vinicius de Moraes, Tom Jobim, and João Gilberto, as well as all the night owls, artists, musicians, and intellectuals, all set to the soundtrack of two vinyl sides of hits and rare gems, three years before the official birth of the new musical genre. Through the poetic vivacity of this album, Marcus Wagner succeeds in bringing to life the most important moment in 20th-century Brazilian music.
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