Don Burrows, The Brazilian Connection, Burnier & Cartier, The Don Burrows Quintet, George Golla, The Sydney String Quartet – Don Burrows And The Brazilian Connection (VG+/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1978

Don Burrows And The Brazilian Connection is an LP by George Golla, Don Burrows, Burnier & Cartier, The Don Burrows Quintet, The Brazilian Connection, The Sydney String Quartet from 1978 released on the Cherry Pie label.

About this album

Don Burrows And The Brazilian Connection is a lively late-1970s crossover album that blends jazz fluency with Brazilian rhythm and melody. Recorded in 1978, it finds the Australian jazz master in an open, conversational setting shaped by MPB and jazz-funk influences, with the Brazilian Connection bringing authentic Latin colour to Burrows’ lyrical approach. Rather than treating the material as a novelty, the album uses Brazilian forms as a springboard for refined improvisation and breezy ensemble interplay. It stands as a distinctive meeting point between Australian jazz and Brazil’s enduring musical vocabulary, with a relaxed sound that still carries real rhythmic drive.

Genre: Pop & Rock