Bossa Rio - Alegria!

 

Year : 1970

Label : Blue Thumb Records

Genre : Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Smooth Jazz, MPB

Second album produced for the american market of the brazilian group Bossa Rio (not to be confused with the Sergio Mendes's Bossa Rio Sextet), featuring Gracinha Leporace (Sergio Mendes's wife), Pery Ribeiro, Manfredo Fest (org), Octavio Bailly Jr (b) from Bossa Três, Ronald Mesquita (ds) and Dwight Dickerson (p). Discovered and produced by Sergio Mendes, based on the Brasil '66 legacy, Bossa Rio borrows the similar recipe of the famous brazilian band, namely, a mixture of Jazz, Bossa Nova & Western Pop Music. The band performs the classics of Bossa Nova (keeping with their brazilian roots), from Jorge Ben (Que Pena, Zazueira) & Marcos Valle (Mustang Cor De Sangue), Jazz (Girl Talk) & covers songs by The Bealtes including others international pop hits (Spinning Wheel, The Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Don't Go Breaking My Heart).

Herbie Mann - Do The Bossa Nova

 

Year : 1963

Label : Atlantic
Genre : Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova

The iconic jazz flutist Herbie Mann supported by the best Brazilian musicians of their time featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim (vo, p), Dom Um Romano (ds),  Baden Powell & Durval Ferreira (g) and the Sergio Mendes' Bossa Rio group including Paulo Moura (sax), Octavio Bailly Jr. (b). Titles include the classic "One Note Samba" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, jazz standard by Clifford Brown, "Blues Walk", and one Herbie Mann's contribution with "Bossa Velha". All tracks  arranged and conducted by Antonio Carlos Jobim.