Bossa Nova (Eddie Harris album)

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Bossa Nova
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedNovember 1962
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length35:41
Label Vee-Jay
LP/SR 3034
Producer Sid McCoy
Eddie Harris chronology
Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies
(1962)
Bossa Nova
(1963)
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] [2]

Contents

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". [3]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

  1. "Mima" - 7:39
  2. "Lolita Marie" (Eddie Harris) - 4:54
  3. "Cev y Mar" (Johnny Alf) - 8:29
  4. "Whispering Bossa Nova" - 5:42
  5. "Samba Para Dos" - 5:29
  6. "Tel Eco Teco No. 2" (Nelsinado O. Magalhaes) - 3:28

Personnel

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References

  1. Payne, D. Lalo Schifrin discography accessed May 4, 2012
  2. Eddie Harris discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 4, 2012