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Joao Donato - Capitol Records

Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet
With Sergio Mendes, "Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet
With Sergio Mendes", Capitol #2877 (196_).[LP Reissue]
Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet With Sergio Mendes,
"Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet With Sergio Mendes",
Capitol #YIT 2877 (196_).[Reel To Reel Tape Reissue]
Cannonball Adderley With Sergio Mendes &
The Bossa Rio Sextet, "Cannonball Adderley Con Sergio Mendes Y El
Sexteto Bossa Rio", Capitol/EMI Records [Argentina], #T2877
(1963).[LP Reissue]
This album contains Donato's composition "Minha
Saudade".

The Sergio Mendes Trio, "Brasil '65", Capitol #T 2294 (1964).[DJ/Promo LP]
The Sergio Mendes Trio, "Brasil '65", Capitol
#T 2294/ST 2294 (1964).[Original LP]
The Sergio Mendes Trio, "Brasil '65", Capitol [Japan]
#TOCP-50632 (1998) [CD Reissue].
This album contains two Donato compositions (see tracklist below). Special Note: On some issues of this LP, the Jobim composition "Favela" is included as an extra track, between "So Nice" and "Berimbau". This extra track does not appear on the U.S. LP or on the Japan CD Reissue.
Cannonball Adderley and The Bossa Rio Sextet
with Sergio Mendes, "Quiet Nights", Capitol #SF 699 (19__).[LP
Reissue]
Other issues of this album are listed separately under their respective record labels.
This album contains Donato's composition "Minha Saudade".Raul de Souza, "Sweet Lucy", Capitol #ST-11648
(1977).[LP]
Includes a funk-jazz version of Donato's Banana
Tree (aka Bananeira, aka Villa Grazia).
Personnel: Raul de Souza (tenor-bass
trombone, percussion & arranger), Patrice Rushen (keyboards),
Byron Miller (bass), Leon Ndugu Chancler (drums), Al McKay (guitar),
Deborah Thomas, Lynn Davis, Victoria Miles & Sybil Thomas
(vocals).
Produced by George Duke.
Cannonball Adderley & The Bossa Rio Sextet, "Cannonball's Bossa
Nova", Capitol Jazz, #7243 5 22667 2 2 (1999).[CD]
This album contains Donato's composition "Minha
Saudade".
* = bonus tracks only on CD reissue.