Jungle Suite

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Jungle Suite
Bola Sete - Jungle Suite.jpg
Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedJuly 17, 1982 at Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, California
Genre Samba, jazz
Length33:26 (vinyl edition)
41:30 (CD edition)
Label Dancing Cat
Producer George Winston
Bola Sete chronology
Ocean
(1975)
Jungle Suite
(1985)
Ocean Memories
(1999)

Jungle Suite is an album by Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete, released in 1985 through Dancing Cat Records. Recorded in 1982, it is the only known recording of Sete playing a steel-string acoustic guitar. Jungle Suite was his final album before his death from lung cancer in 1987.

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Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic critic Thom Jurek noted that Sete's "fusion of Brazilian, classical, flamenco, jazz, and numerous folk styles was unprecedented and remains unmatched." He declared the sessions "among the most inspired examples of passionate and technically brilliant guitar playing in the recorded history of the instrument." [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bola Sete.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Sun Pours Through The Darkness Gently, Gently"5:49
2."Moonbeams, Moonlight, Midnight Magic"8:56
3."Morning Rises Through the Mist"3:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Night Shadows"4:47
2."Scorcerers, Spirits, Devas And Delights"4:10
3."Many Shades Of Green"4:15
4."Devas Lament"2:23
CD Version
No.TitleLength
1."The Sun Pours Through The Darkness Gently, Gently"5:51
2."Moonbeams, Moonlight, Midnight Magic"9:07
3."Morning Rises Through the Mist"3:13
4."Night Shadows"4:58
5."Scorcerers, Spirits, Devas And Delights"4:21
6."Shambhala Moon"6:09
7."Many Shades Of Green"4:17
8."Devas Lament"3:34

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue number
United States1985 Dancing Cat LP DC-3005
United States2001Samba Moon CD 1190554

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Shambhala Moon". Allmusic. Retrieved October 13, 2012.