By the time the great Brazilian guitarist-composer Bola Sete recorded the two albums paired herein, bossa nova had become the world’s most popular non-rock music–and surely its most spellbindingly melodic. Born Djalma de Andrade in 1923 (he died in 1987), Bola Sete was also by this point a somewhat familiar name in the U.S., having performed in clubs, hotel showrooms, and at several major jazz festivals; he was also “New Star Guitarist” of 1965 in Down Beat ma… MORE