Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1962 and released on the Audio Fidelity label.Discogs album entry accessed March 6, 2012Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians: Lalo Schifrin accessed March 6, 2012 The album was released during the height of the popularity of bossa nova music in the early 1960s and was one of Schifrin's earliest solo albums after leaving Dizzy Gillespie's band.
Reception The album peaked at 35 on the Billboard Albums Chart in 1963.Lalo Schifrin Charts and Awards at Allmusic accessed March 15, 2012.
Track listing "Boato (Bistro)" (João Roberto Kelly) - 2:26 "Chora Tua Tristeza" (Oscar Castro-Neves, Luvercy Fiorini) - 2:38 "Poema Do Adeus" (Luís Antônio) - 3:19 "Apito No Samba" (Luís Antônio, Luís Bandeira) - 2:50 "Chega de Saudade" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 5:19 "Bossa Em Nova York" (Jose Paulo, Dom Madrid) - 1:52 "O Amor E A Rosa" (João Pernambuco, Antônio Maria) - 3:34 "O Menino Desce O Morro (Little Brown Boy)" (Maria De Rosa, Vera Brasil) - 2:28 "Menina Feia" (Oscar Castro-Neves) - 2:25 "Ouça" (Maysa Matarazzo) - 3:56 "Samba de uma Nota Só" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 3:44 "Patinho Feio (aka Ugly Duckling)" (Oscar Castro-Neves) - 3:01 Recorded in New York City in June 1962
Personnel Lalo Schifrin - piano, arranger Leo Wright - alto saxophone, flute Christopher White - bass Rudy Collins - drums Jose Paulo, Carmen Costa - Latin percussion
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