was honored with the Latin American & Caribbean Cultural Society Award for "his illustrious career as a performer and composer and his dedicated promotion of the music of the Americas." Shortly before his death, the Brazilian government honored Almeida, awarding him the "Comendador da Ordem do Rio Branco." In 2010, Fanfare inducted his 1958 Duets with Spanish Guitar into its Classical Recording Hall of Fame. Death Almeida was teaching, recording and performing until the week before his death of leukemia on July 26, 1995, at age 77 in Los Angeles, California. Legacy Laurindo Almeida's archives are housed at the US Library of Congress and at California State University, Northridge. He composed more than 1000 separate pieces, including 200 popular songs. In 1952 Almeida formed his own publishing company, Brazilliance, which has been influential in the dissemination of Latin American music. As described by authors Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha, Laurindo Almeida was "...an artist known for his harmonic mastery, subtle dynamics, rich embellishments and adept improvisatory skills in a variety of idioms". In 2004 Almeida's guitar work from his version of The Lamp Is Low was sampled by the late Japanese DJ and producer Nujabes for the song "Aruarian Dance" which features on the soundtrack to the anime series Samurai Champloo. Discography As leader Guitar Music of Spain (Capitol, 1955) Guitar Music of Latin America (Capitol, 1955) Impressoes do Brasil (Capitol, 1957) Guitar Solos (Coral, 1957) The New World of the Guitar (Capitol, 1957) Duets with Spanish Guitar with Martin Ruderman and Salli Terri (Capitol, 1958) Maracaibo (Decca, 1958) Contemporary Creations for the Spanish Guitar (Capitol, 1958) Danzas (Capitol, 1959) Happy Cha-Cha-Cha! (Capitol, 1959) Songs of Enchantment (Capitol, 1959) For My True Love (Capitol, 1959) The Intimate Bach, Duets with the Spanish Guitar Vol.2 (Capitol, 1960) Villa Lobos: Music for the Spanish Guitar (Capitol, 1960) Vistas de Espana (Capitol, 1960) Conversations with the Guitar (Capitol, 1960) The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida (Capitol, 1961) The Guitar Worlds of Laurindo Almeida (Capitol, 1961) Brazilliance (World Pacific, 1962) Reverie for Spanish Guitars (Capitol, 1962) Acapulco '22 (Tower, 1963) Broadway Solo Guitar (Capitol, 1964) Guitar from Ipanema (Capitol, 1964) New Broadway-Hollywood Hits (Capitol, 1965) Suenos (Capitol, 1965) A Man and a Woman (Capitol, 1967) The Look of Love and the Sounds of Laurindo Alemeida (Capitol, 1968) Classical Current (Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1969) Bach Ground Blues & Greens (Century City, 1970) The Art of