Okay, I confess that for years I slumbered ignorant of the great glory of Brazilian music. I had glimmerings of insight and reality, but I shrugged them off. Jim R our brother BNBB person kept inviting me to see the light, and I did, slowly, surely, steadily. . . . And now I'm clearly in a shaft of brilliance, dazzled and delighted. Perhaps the biggest contribution that Jim R has made to my listening life is allowing me to discover the beauty and logic and wisdom and warmth in the music of