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  "slug": "baden-powell",
  "name": "Baden Powell",
  "description": "Baden Powell appears 2 times in our Samba and Bossa Nova lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/baden-powell/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1963,
    "last": 1966
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 7,
    "list": "Samba"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "samba",
      "name": "Samba",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/samba/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "bossa-nova",
      "name": "Bossa Nova",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/bossa-nova/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "baden-powell--canto-de-ossanha",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/baden-powell--canto-de-ossanha/",
      "title": "Canto de Ossanha",
      "year": 1966,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Afro-sambas — Powell and Vinicius de Moraes going to the candomblé terreiros for melodies and coming back with something darker than bossa allowed.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Baden%20Powell%20Canto%20de%20Ossanha",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NQKIVYlBKdc",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
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        "slug": "samba",
        "name": "Samba",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/samba/"
      },
      "artist": "Baden Powell"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "baden-powell--berimbau",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/baden-powell--berimbau/",
      "title": "Berimbau",
      "year": 1963,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Bossa turning back towards Bahia and capoeira rather than towards jazz. Powell's guitar is percussive in a way Gilberto's deliberately is not.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Baden%20Powell%20Berimbau",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 8,
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        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "bossa-nova",
        "name": "Bossa Nova",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/bossa-nova/"
      },
      "artist": "Baden Powell"
    }
  ],
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}