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Best of Brazil: MaraBrass Plays a Bossa Nova Medley

ByAndrew

MaraBrass is a brass quintet based here in São Luís. Recently I got to hear them play “live and in color”. On the repertoire for the evening was this collection of Bossa Nova classics.

Enjoy!

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