Bossa Nova Blues

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Influenced by West coast jazz, in the 1950s composer Antonio Carlos Jobim helped to form Bossa Nova, a new music that blended together gentle Brazilian rhythms and melodies with cool-toned improvising; the rhythms are usually played lightly as 3-3-4-3-3 with beats 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 being accented during every two-bars (played in 8/4 time). Joao Gilberto's soothing voice perfectly communicated the beauty of Jobim's music. The late '50s film Black Orpheus helped introduce Jobim's compositions to an American audience. Other important early exponents of bossa nova were guitarist Charlie Byrd, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (Byrd and Getz teamed up for the highly influential Jazz/Samba), and housewife-turned-singer Astrud Gilberto -- who, along with her husband (Joao) and Getz, made "The Girl From Ipanema" a huge hit. The very appealing bossa nova's popularity peaked in the mid-'60s, but it has remained a viable music style.

Bossa Nova Blues

01 Astrud Gilberto, Once I Loved 00:00 02 Queen Latifah, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars 02:14 03 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Lamento 06:09 04 Stan Getz, Viva Sonhando 08:51 05 Dizzy Gillespie, Chega De Saudade 11:46 06 Joe Henderson, Portrait of Black & White 17:48 07 Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, O Grande Amor 23:08 08 Antonio Carlos Jobim Inutil Paisagem 28:34 09 Gal Costa Se Todos Fossem Iguais a voce 31:47 10 Sergio Mendes Agua de Beber 36:54 11 Roy Hargrove How Insensitive 39:24 12 Lee Ritenour Children's Game 44:59 13 Hugh Masekela A Felicidade 49:21 14 Jimmy Smith Meditation 59:35 15 Oscar Peterson Triste 01:02:43 16 Wes Montgomery Here's That Rainy Day 01:08:03 17 Stanley Turrentine Bossa 01:13:02 18 Javon Jackson Recado Bossa Nova 01:21:01 19 Shirley horn Someone to light Up My Life 01:26:31 20 Lalo Schifrin Lalo's Bossa Nova 01:31:10 CD Compilation 2014