Bossa Antigua

by Paul Desmond

Bossa Antigua cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:56
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Teaming up once again with guitarist Jim Hall, 'Bossa Antigua' finds Paul Desmond effortlessly applying his signature dry, airy alto saxophone tone to Latin rhythms. The session eschews the overt, commercial pop stylings of the era's bossa nova craze in favor of subtle, intricate cool jazz interplay. It serves as a sophisticated, highly rhythmic companion piece to his earlier, melancholic collaborations.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, saxophone, melodic, lounge, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Bossa Antigua (4:30)
  2. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (4:41)
  3. O Gato (4:23)
  4. Samba Cantina (5:29)
  5. Cura莽茫o Doloroso (4:26)
  6. A Ship Without A Sail (6:08)
  7. Alian莽a (4:26)
  8. The Girl From East 9th Street (5:53)

Credits

  • Jim Hall - primary artist
  • Paul Desmond - primary artist, liner notes

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