The title— Solo Instrumental Bossa Nova —promises intimacy, and the recording delivers.
Unlike the high-energy samba, solo instrumental bossa is meant for "sitting still" and "releasing stress". Essential Listening from the Era Solo Instrumental Bossa Nova -2003- -16bit-44.1...
Engineers were beginning to embrace the possibilities of digital recording not to make things "louder," but to make them "cleaner." "Solo Instrumental Bossa Nova" sits right on that bridge. It captures the intimacy of a solo performance with a clarity that analog tape struggles to match, while retaining the dynamic breathing room that early digital often neglected. Solo Instrumental Bossa Nova -2003- -16bit-44.1...
Without a drummer or a bassist, the soloist—usually a guitarist or pianist—must become the entire band. The Guitar: The thumb maintains the steady, swaying Solo Instrumental Bossa Nova -2003- -16bit-44.1...