Dez Anos Depois - Nara Leão

Nara Leão's parents' Copacabana flat hosted some of the first bossa nova gatherings, and on this 1971 album, made while she was living in Paris, she returned to that repertoire a decade later. The arrangements are sparse and built around guitar, so the songs by Jobim, Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal are close to their bare structure. It is the album for hearing how strong the songs themselves are without studio polish.