Emy Tseng at Strathmore Sounds of Brazil at Strathmore Music Center

Strathmore’s Jazz Samba Project celebrates Brazilian musical influence around an explosive moment in jazz and pop history: the release of the landmark 1962 Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd album, recorded in Washington, D.C. at the All Souls Unitarian Church. Jazz Samba, the first major bossa nova album on the American jazz scene, sold half a million copies in 18 months and became the only jazz album ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart, and it remained on the charts for 70 weeks. The result of a cross-cultural exchange when The Charlie Byrd Trio visited Brazil on a State Department trip, Jazz Samba altered the sound of jazz and pop for generations to come...

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Strathmore’s Jazz Samba Project celebrates Brazilian musical influence around an explosive moment in jazz and pop history: the release of the landmark 1962 Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd album, recorded in Washington, D.C. at the All Souls Unitarian Church. Jazz Samba, the first major bossa nova album on the American jazz scene, sold half a million copies in 18 months and became the only jazz album ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart, and it remained on the charts for 70 weeks. The result of a cross-cultural exchange when The Charlie Byrd Trio visited Brazil on a State Department trip, Jazz Samba altered the sound of jazz and pop for generations to come.

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