Here we have a record of Brazilian music performed by a Cuban pianist so I am not sure where you want to classify this during our month of foreign records. I paid $3 for this Sommerset Record ( Sommerset being a budget label). I bought this in 2015, I believe.
Marco Rizo, born n Santiago de Cuba, 1920, studied music in his youth and rose to be the official pianist of the Havana Philharmonic Orquesta, under the direction of blog favorite, Ernesto Lecunoa. He moved to New York and hooked up with his childhood friend Desi Arnaz who asked him to work with his band. Arnaz later hired Rizo again to orchestrate I Love Lucy. He composed and arranged for various musicians and movies. He died in 1998 of a heart attack. He was 77.
Being a budget record, I probably did not pay much attention to this. However, after a listen, I was quite pleased with this record. In fact, I recorded every song off of here for sample consideration. The record has some standards such as “Desafindo” and “One Note Samba”. However, it is “Chit Chat” and “Chopin Geos To Rio” which get the nod. Really good stuff here and I am so sorry I waited so long to play this.