Bossa Nova (Eddie Harris album)

Bossa Nova

Studio album by Eddie Harris

Released

1963

Recorded

November 1962
New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:41

Label

Vee-Jay
LP/SR 3034

Eddie Harris chronology

Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies
(1962)

Bossa Nova
(1962)

Half and Half
(1963)

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.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "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".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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
Jack del Rio, Osvaldo Cigno - percussion

References

↑ Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed May 4, 2012
1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 4, 2012

Eddie Harris

Studio albums	Exodus to Jazz (1961) Mighty Like a Rose (1961) Jazz for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) A Study in Jazz (1962) Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies (1962) Bossa Nova (1963) For Bird and Bags (1964) Cool Sax, Warm Heart (1964) Here Comes the Judge (1964) Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1965) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1967) The Electrifying Eddie Harris (1968) Plug Me In (1968) Silver Cycles (1968) Free Speech (1969) Come on Down! (1970) Second Movement (1971) Instant Death (1971) Eddie Harris Sings the Blues (1972) Excursions (1973) E.H. in the U.K. (1974) Is It In (1974) I Need Some Money (1974) Bad Luck Is All I Have (1975) That Is Why You're Overweight (1975) The Reason Why I'm Talking S--t 1976 (1975) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)

Live albums	High Voltage (1969) Swiss Movement (1969) Live at Newport (1970)

Soundtrack albums	Pourquoi L'Amérique (1968)

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