Charlie Byrd Trio And Woodwinds – Byrd In The Wind (LP, Album, Reissue, Vinyl) 271605

Byrd was introduced to Brazilian music by Felix Grant, a friend and radio host who had contacts in Brazil in the late 1950s, and who was well-known there by 1960 due to the efforts of Brazilian radio broadcaster Paulo Santos. Following a spring 1961 diplomatic tour of South America (including Brazil) for the State Department, Byrd returned home and met with Stan Getz at the Showboat Lounge. Byrd invited Getz back to his home to listen to some bossa nova recordings by Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim which he had brought back.