A. Wilson Simonal - Nana / AA. Osmar Milito - Rita Jeep

Brazil 45, number 24:

Wilson Simonal - Nana

‘Nana’ is the fourth Simonal track to appear in the Brazil 45’s series. Lush, horn and string laden MPB-samba-jazz, taken from his ‘A Nova Dimensao do Samba’ LP released by Odeon in 1964. Nana was released on 7” in the same year, also by Odeon.

Osmar Milito - Rita Jeep

The Jorge Ben penned Rita Jeep is Osmar Milito’s second song in the Brazil 45’s series, taken from his ‘E deixa o relógio andar’ LP from 1971 on Som Livre. Osmar worked with many artist over the years including Nara Leão, Maria Bethania, Vinicius de Morais, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben, Elis Regina, Chico Buarque, Sergio Mendes, Liza Minelli, Mark Murphy, Spanky Wilson and Sammy Davis Jr.