Stephanie Ozer

Stephanie Ozer: O Começo

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
September 1, 2005

Stephanie Ozer sure knows how to seize an opportunity.

While on a ten-day vacation in Brazil, the California-based pianist chanced into a meeting with the great bossa nova vocalist Leny Andrade. Andrade agreed to record with Ozer on the spot, and within a week the two were laying down an after-midnight session at a Rio studio. The resulting four tracks form the core of O Começo, a romantic album of bossas and sambas that eloquently displays Ozer's tasteful piano style. ...