Big Band Bossa Nova

by Enoch Light

Big Band Bossa Nova cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Command
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:34
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by audiophile pioneer Enoch Light, 'Big Band Bossa Nova' was explicitly designed to showcase extreme stereophonic channel separation and pristine fidelity. The album successfully adapts the delicate, syncopated rhythms of Brazil to a massive, highly disciplined jazz orchestra. It remains highly prized by collectors for its flawless studio engineering and its role in popularizing the genre for the easy-listening market.

Genres

Descriptors: lounge, instrumental, elegant, polished, vibrant, ensemble, rhythmic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Desafinado (2:28)
  2. One Note Samba (3:31)
  3. Perdido (3:11)
  4. E Luxo So (2:51)
  5. Galanura (2:02)
  6. Lullaby of Birdland (3:25)
  7. Rio Junction (Bossa Nova) (2:09)
  8. Sem Saudades De Voce (2:33)
  9. La Puerta Del Sol (2:43)
  10. Brazil (2:06)
  11. Besame Mucho (2:45)
  12. Take the "A" Train (2:45)

Credits

  • Lew Davies - arranged by, written-by
  • Bob Haggart - bass
  • Don Lamond - drums
  • Tony Mottola - guitar
  • Bobby Rosengarden - percussion
  • Ed Shaughnessy - percussion
  • Phil Kraus - percussion
  • Jack Satterfield - trombone

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