Bossa Nova Bacchanal

by Charlie Rouse

Bossa Nova Bacchanal cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1963
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:32
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Taking a break from Thelonious Monk's quartet, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse dives headfirst into the rhythmic allure of Brazilian music. 'Bossa Nova Bacchanal' weaves his distinctively smoky, robust horn lines through incredibly warm, tropical samba-jazz grooves.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, instrumental, ensemble, dance, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Back To The Tropics (3:56)
  2. Aconteceu (2:58)
  3. Velhos Tempos (4:49)
  4. Samba De Orfeu (6:18)
  5. Un Dia (5:56)
  6. Merci Bon Dieu (5:57)
  7. In Martinique (5:29)
  8. One For Five (7:05)

Credits

  • Charlie Rouse - primary artist, tenor saxophone, written-by
  • Larry Gales - bass
  • Carlos "Patato" Valdes - congas
  • Reid Miles - design [cover]
  • Willie Bobo - drums
  • Chauncey Westbrook - guitar
  • Kenny Burrell - guitar
  • Leonard Feather - liner notes
  • Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by
  • Garvin Masseaux - shekere
  • Leighla Whipper - written-by
  • Ed Lincoln - written-by
  • Silvio Cesar - written-by
  • Luiz Bonf谩 - written-by
  • Margarita Orelia Benskina - written-by
  • Frantz Casseus - written-by
  • Lionel Belasco - written-by

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