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Since when has Spanish not been Latin...... Those are some interesting (and pretty diverse) examples though, Andres Sergovia is pretty good. A couple of my favorite Brazilian albums:

A Tábua de Esmeralda - Jorge Ben

Two things really stand out in this album for me. One, Jorge Ben's voice. It's all over the map: high, low, manic, depressed, etc. If anything, the one thing that's consistent throughout is its uniqueness. Second, is his incorporation of samba sounds with rock, and more importantly, funk. The sound that Jorge Ben helped to invent along with other notable Brazilian musicians out of the Tropicalia movement was in reality another Bossa Nova, a movement that built upon the old sounds of samba within the framework of a different decade: the late 60s and 70s. With that being said, there are also elements of psychedelic influences, including experimentation with more complex instrumentation that was fairly common (sometimes unfortunately) among artists of this part of the decade. On some tracks you can even find musical and lyrical nods to Ben's historic African roots, not surprising considering two years later he would release an album titled Africa Brasil.

Cinco Minutos:





Acabou Chorare - Novos Baianos

According to Rolling Stone, this is the best album ever produced in Brazil. While that position might be debatable, it's significance and overall quality shouldn't be. This album's foundation, like A Tábua..., is samba. Throughout the album you can hear the cavaquinho, a small ukelele like guitar often used in Samba. The percussion also borrows significantly from its Samba roots. The difference between this album, however, and A Tábua... is that Acabou Chorare fuses its Samba foundation with a different sound: hard rock with more clearly psychedelic elements. The most interesting track is "Mistério do Planeta" which in a way represents the musical progression found in the album. Starting off with a simple samba-esque guitar line, the song eventually progresses to an electric guitar riff that sounds much more early 70s. The album itself was produced in 1972.

Mistério do Planeta:

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