Brazilians among the best of jazz in 2000
Carlos Calado
26/01/2001
Two of the most respected jazz magazines in North-America included Brazilian music albums in their year-end reviews. The retrospective on the magazine Downbeat points out João Gilberto's João Voz e Violão 
(which has received a Grammy nomination), Milton Nascimento's Milton, and Virgínia Rodrigues' Nós. The three albums got rated 4 and a half stars (out of 5). João Gilberto is also indicated by critic Doug Ramsey, from the magazine Jazz Times. That same article brings a list of Brazilian albums only: Nana Caymmi's Sangre de Mi Alma ; Rabo de Lagartixa's Quebra-Queixo; Carlos Malta's Pimenta ; Pedro Mariano's Voz no Ouvido ; Ladston do Nascimento's A Voz do Coração; Tom Jobim's Jobim and a three-disc Tom Jobim compilation, Raros Compassos, 1 , 2 and 3 .
(which has received a Grammy nomination), Milton Nascimento's Milton, and Virgínia Rodrigues' Nós. The three albums got rated 4 and a half stars (out of 5). João Gilberto is also indicated by critic Doug Ramsey, from the magazine Jazz Times. That same article brings a list of Brazilian albums only: Nana Caymmi's Sangre de Mi Alma ; Rabo de Lagartixa's Quebra-Queixo; Carlos Malta's Pimenta ; Pedro Mariano's Voz no Ouvido ; Ladston do Nascimento's A Voz do Coração; Tom Jobim's Jobim and a three-disc Tom Jobim compilation, Raros Compassos, 1 , 2 and 3 .