Rosinha de Valenca - Rosinha de Valenca Apresenta Ipanema Beat (1970)

Rosinha de Valenca is a Brazilian guitar player, active in the 60's and 70's. Acclaimed by renowned artists, such as: Baden Powell, Aloysio de Oliveira, Sergio Mendes (Rosinha was member of Brazil 65, performing a tour with Sergio Mendes in the US), Maria Bethania, and others.

Rosinha career was prematurely ended in 1992 due a brain injury caused by a heart attach and has passed in 2004.

Rosinha is another of those amazing Brazilian artists that are acclaimed internationally but almost unrecognized by Brazilian media and public.

This LP, Rosinha de Valenca Apresenta Ipanema Beat, was recorded in South Africa (1970). Considered by many as an "experimental" album, this LP is in fact very different from other Rosinha de Valenca releases. Duncam McKay (keyboard), at the age of 19, took part on the set, giving the record a kind of symphonic progressive rock flavor, making this out of the standard Rosinha LP a cult piece for Bossa Nova collectors.