Tour de force

by Bola Sete

Tour de force cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 35:33
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Guitarist Bola Sete showcases his virtuosic fingerstyle approach to Brazilian standards and American jazz repertoire. The record captures a sophisticated, instrumental synthesis that emphasizes rhythmic precision and dynamic melodic variation within the bossa nova tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, melodic, virtuosic, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Baccara (Baccarat) (3:37)
  2. Moon River (2:58)
  3. Mambeando (3:15)
  4. Ceu E Mar (Sky And Sea) (3:30)
  5. Asturias (4:40)
  6. Samba De Orpheus (3:12)
  7. Nota Triste (Sad Note) (2:10)
  8. Tour De Force (4:48)
  9. A Noite Do Meu Bem (Night Of My Love) (4:00)
  10. Bourbee (3:23)

Credits

  • Bola Sete - primary artist, guitar, written-by
  • Freddie Schreiber - bass
  • Johnny Rae - drums
  • Jim Melvin Typographers - typography
  • Eva Konrad - written-by
  • Henry Mancini - written-by
  • Johnny Mercer - written-by
  • Johnny Alf - written-by

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