Shorty Rogers and His Giants – Bossa Nova

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Bossa Nova (also released as Return to Rio) is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise label in 1962.

Track listing:
All compositions by Shorty Rogers except where noted.

“Samba do Lorinho (Lorito’s Samba)” – 2:07
“Chega de Saudade (No More Sadness)” (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 2:17
“Samba Triste (Melancholy Samba)” (Billy Blanco, Baden Powell) – 2:55
“Samba de Uma Nota So (One Note Samba)” (Jobim, Newton Mendonça) – 2:55
“Pao de Assucar (Sugar Loaf)” – 5:03
“Samba do Empashgi (Empashgi’s Samba)” – 4:05
“O Amor E a Rosa (Love Is a Rose)” (João Pernambuco, Antônio Maria) – 3:04
“So Voce (Only You)” (Laurindo Almeida, Shorty Rogers) – 2:31
“Chora Tua Tristeza (Cry Your Sadness)” (Oscar Castro-Neves) – 3:23
“So Um Amor (Only One Love)” (Almeida, Rogers) – 1:47
“O Menino Desce O Morro (Little Brown Boy)” (Vera Brazil) – 2:25

Personnel:
Shorty Rogers – flugelhorn, arranger, conductor
Joe Burnett, Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
Paul Horn, Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
Richard Leith, Kenneth Shroyer – trombone
Pete Jolly – piano
Joe Mondragon – bass
Laurindo Almeida – guitar
Larry Bunker – vibraphone
Milt Holland, Shelly Manne – drums
Emil Richards, Chico Guerrero – percussion

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Released: 1962
Recorded: June 12–14, 1962
Studio: United Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Length: 32:32
Label: Reprise
R 6050
Producer: Chuck Sagle