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Bossa Nova is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris, featuring some early compositions by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label.

Reception.
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars and stated “far from being a casual response to a fad, this is a great record, one where Harris came to his own comfortable accommodation with the Brazilian idiom”.

Track listing:
All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

“Mima” – 7:39
“Lolita Marie” (Eddie Harris) – 4:54
“Cev y Mar” (Johnny Alf) – 8:29
“Whispering Bossa Nova” – 5:42
“Samba Para Dos” – 5:29
“Tel Eco Teco No. 2” (Nelsinado O. Magalhaes) – 3:28

Personnel:
Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
Lalo Schifrin – piano, arranger
Jimmy Raney – guitar
Art Davis – bass
Chuck Lampkin – drums
Jack del Rio, Osvaldo Cigno – Latin percussion
George Okamoto, Ray London – cover illustration

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Released: 1963
Recorded: November 1962
New York City
Length: 35:41
Label: Vee-Jay
LP/SR 3034
Producer: Sid McCoy