With its small file size, file transfer was fast during the pre-Internet days. The only drawback of a MIDI file is that sound output varies as it is dependent on the sound card or audio chip used by the end-user.
Here are a few jazz and Brasilian MIDI tracks that the web author had compiled during those golden years.
Simply choose from the drop-down selector, click the 'Play button' and enjoy!
(a separate pop-up window/player will open - supports from IE .4.x to 11.x, Edge, Netscape 4+, all versions of Firefox, Chrome and Apple Safari (works with QuickTime version 7 plug-in only) browsers. Please close previous pop-up window before playing new selection)
Some of the Brasilian artists featured above:
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Vinicius de Moraes * Antonio Carlos 'Tom' Jobim * Toquinho
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Milton Nascimento * Chico Buarque de Hollanda * Eumir Deodato
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Caetano Veloso * Ze Renato/ Ivan Lins * Dolores Duran
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Gal Costa/ Newton Mendonca * Carlinhos Lyra * Djavan
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Roberto Menescal * Ronaldo Boscoli * Johnny Alf (Alfredo Jose da Silva)
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Marcos Valle * Paolo-Sergio Valle
Selected jazz and popular music artists featured below:
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Ryuichi Sakamoto * Chick Corea * Kurt Weill * The Corrs
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Pat Metheny * Jean-Luc Ponty * Miles Davis * Fleetwood Mac
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Led Zeppelin * Joni Mitchell * Quincy Jones * Procol Harum
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Jean-Michel Jarre
(for better playback, please close pop-up window from Brasilian Midi before making any selection here)