Starting Point is the previously unreleased 1975 debut album by Grupo Um, a jazz trio. Starting Point was recorded over two days at Vice-Versa Studios, by revered engineer Renato Viola.
After a meteoric rise over the past decade, acclaimed Australian rapper Iggy Azalea drops the third and (possibly) final album, The End of an Era. Signifying a time to potentially take a step back from music.
When Charlie Byrd toured South America in 1961, bossa nova - a melding of Brazilian samba rhythms with the harmonic structures and the cool sound of West Coast jazz - was booming.