Big Band Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones album)

Big Band Bossa Nova
Big Band Bossa Nova
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	December 20, 1962
Recorded	June 15, 1962 – September 8, 1962
Studio	A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Bossa Nova ; Jazz ; exotica ; latin ;
Length	35:02
Label	Mercury
Producer	Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology

Last updated April 10, 2025

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AllMusic	^[1]
New Record Mirror	^[4]

Big Band Bossa Nova is an album by American composer Quincy Jones.

Track listing

#	Title	Writers	Length
1	"Soul Bossa Nova"	Quincy Jones	2:44
2	"Boogie Bossa Nova"	Charles Mingus	2:41
3	"Desafinado"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça	2:53
4	"Manhã de Carnaval (Morning Of The Carnival)"	Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria	2:55
5	"Se É Tarde Me Perdoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late)"	Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra	4:21
6	"On the Street Where You Live"	Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner	2:32
7	"One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça	2:00
8	"Lalo Bossa Nova"	Lalo Schifrin	3:12
9	"Serenata"	Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish	3:18
10	"Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes	5:30
11	"A Taste of Honey" (CD extra on some pressings)	Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow	2:56

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Performers

Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Roland Kirk – flute, alto flute
Jerome Richardson – flute, alto flute, woodwinds
Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Julius Watkins – French horn
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Lalo Schifrin – piano
Jim Hall – guitar
Chris White – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Jack Del Rio – percussion
Carlos Gomez – percussion
Jose Paula – percussion

Recording engineer: Phil Ramone

References

1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Big Band Bossa Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
↑ "Quincy Jones & His Orch.* – Big Band Bossa Nova". discogs.com (Podcast). Discogs . Retrieved April 8, 2025.
1 2 3 Molanphy, Chris (June 15, 2024). "I Wanna Rock with Q. Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved August 5, 2024.
↑ Griffiths, David (13 July 1963). "Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 122. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
↑ Digital Re-issue, on Verve label

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[Yanow-1] 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Big Band Bossa Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Discogs-2] "Quincy Jones & His Orch.* – Big Band Bossa Nova". discogs.com (Podcast). Discogs . Retrieved April 8, 2025.

[Molanphy_2024-3] 1 2 3 Molanphy, Chris (June 15, 2024). "I Wanna Rock with Q. Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate . Retrieved August 5, 2024.

[4] Griffiths, David (13 July 1963). "Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 122. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[5] Digital Re-issue, on Verve label

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Clark Terry (1955) Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957) Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957) Duke with a Difference (1957) In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1959) Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (1960) Everything's Mellow (1961) Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962) Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962) 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963) Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964) The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964) Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964) The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965) Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966) Mumbles (1966) Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966) Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966) It's What's Happenin' (1967) Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975) Ain't Misbehavin' (1979) Mother———! Mother———!! (1979) Memories of Duke (1980)
With Duke Ellington	Ellington Uptown (1952) Premiered by Ellington (1953) Ellington '55 (1953–54) Dance to the Duke! (1953–54) Ellington Showcase (1953–55) A Drum Is a Woman (1956) Blue Rose (1956) Ellington at Newport (1956) Such Sweet Thunder (1957) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) All Star Road Band (1957) Ellington Indigos (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (1958) Blues in Orbit (1958–59) Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958) The Cosmic Scene (1958) Festival Session (1959) The Ellington Suites (1959) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)
With Johnny Hodges	Creamy (1954) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) Duke's in Bed (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962) For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With Quincy Jones	The Birth of a Band! (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1961) Big Band Bossa Nova (1962) Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65) The Hot Rock (1972)
With Herbie Mann	Our Mann Flute (1960–66) Latin Fever (1962–64) My Kinda Groove (1964) The Beat Goes On (1964–67) The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)
With Oliver Nelson	Impressions of Phaedra (1962) Full Nelson (1962–63) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With others	My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961) Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961) Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62) Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962) One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960) Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960) Goodies (George Benson, 1968) Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968) Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954) Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963) Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960) The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962) Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81) Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962) Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965) Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961) Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957) The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960) White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961) Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993) The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966) It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960) Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992) Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983) Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964) Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965) Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980) Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960) Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960) Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961) The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965) Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962) That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974) Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965) Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961) Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961) Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966) Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965) Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003) Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961) The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)

Big Band Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones album)

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