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AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden: Pianist Dick Hyman wrote the arrangements for this Brazilian-flavored date, which has a fair amount of other high caliber jazz [More]
Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 bossa nova album by American impresario, jazz composer, trumpeter, arranger and record producer Quincy Jones and his band. [More]
A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album by Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley, recorded in September 1966. It was released by Verve Records [More]
The music here is what veteran jazz fans call “real tasty.” There’s a lot to savor, from the romanticism of bossas to the frisson of [More]
“Bossa Antigua” (Paul Desmond). From the album “Bossa Antigua” (1965). Personnel: Paul Desmond – alto saxophone Jim Hall – guitar Eugene Wright – bass Connie [More]
Henry Mancini Em Bossa Nova (1967). Track listing: 1 Champagne And Quail 2 Charade 3 Days Of Wine And Roses 4 Royal Blue 5 Megeve [More]
AllMusic Review by John Bush: The Brazilian organist whose sound was more recognizable than any other organist, Walter Wanderley recorded often during the ’60s for [More]
Wave is the third album by Antônio Carlos Jobim, released in 1967 on A&M Records. It is known as Jobim’s most successful album to date [More]
New Wave! is an album by Dizzy Gillespie consisting of live and studio performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Philips label in 1963. [More]
Gilberto with Turrentine is an album by brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto and american saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring performances recorded in 1971 [More]