Bossa Nova

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1997

Labels: Columbia, Legacy

From its quiet beginnings in Rio de Janeiro during the late 1950s, bossa nova grew into international pop music's last big bang before the Beatles. Spearheaded by songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim and singer João Gilberto, this new wave crested in America thanks to tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, guitarist Charlie Byrd and singer Astrud Gilberto.

All are present in this anthology, which includes six songs composed by Jobim. The other headliners are singers Sarah Vaughan, Milton Nascimento, and Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda (aka "Miucha"), trumpeter Miles Davis, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Paul Desmond, and Stanley Turrentine. This set is just one small example of how miraculous music Brazil has given the world.

Consists of previously released material.

© Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / Originally released 1963, 1965, 1971. ℗ 1975, 1976, 1987, 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. /

Track 1. Recorded September 24, 25 or 26, 1974, New York City. Available on 'Pure Desmond' (40806).
Track 2. Recorded May 21, 1975, New York City. Available on 'The Best Of Two Worlds' (33703).
Track 3. Recorded March - May 1970, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Available on 'Stone Flower' (45480).
Track 4. Recorded February 8, 1965, New York City. Available on 'Brazilian Byrd' (52973).
Track 5. Recorded January - April 1971, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey. Available on 'Astrud Gilberto' (44168).
Track 6. Recorded January - February 1987, Los Angeles. Available on 'Brazilian Romance' (42519).
Track 7. Recorded July 27, 1962, New York City. Available on 'Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings' (67397).
Track 8. Recorded May 21, 1975, New York City. Available on 'The Best Of Two Worlds' (33703).
Track 9. Recorded January - April 1971, Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey. Available on 'Astrud Gilberto' (44168).
Track 10. Recorded September 12, 1975, Los Angeles. Available on 'Native Dancer' (46159).
Track 11. Recorded March - May 1970, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Available on 'Stone Flower' (45480).