Herb Schoenbaum was primarily known as a Minneapolis radio personality and also played piano. He is responsible for bringing organist Manfredo Fest over from Brazil. Fest was a blind jazz musician who enjoyed relative success in the 70s. This recording features both some musicians flown in from Brazil and locals from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Look closely at the title of the first track (wow!). Excellent bossa nova.
Ownership: SP: 1967 Brazilian Music Inc.
Ownership: SP: 1967 Brazilian Music Inc.
As I reflect, this is the SP that started the Unknown Vinyl Blog. It was in a box of free records (2019), and this was the treasure of the lot. For whatever reason, free records were a reality before the pandemic - now that seems impossible. In any case, I added this to Discogs, and it's now very much sought after, which is what my instincts were telling me. The label is also something of a mystery. It looks like it may have been a publishing house in New York City. The date would likely be from the height of the Bossa Nova craze in 1966 / 67 (someone on Discogs confirmed 1967). Given my own history with it, I now consider it a special treasure.
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8/26/19 (first listen); 3/28/20 (review / new entry)
