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Samba-jazz or jazz samba is an instrumental subgenre of samba that emerged in the bossa nova ambit in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Brazil. [1] [2]The style consolidated the approach of Brazilian samba with American jazz, [3] especially bebop and hard bop, jazzy styles quite experienced by Brazilian musicians in scope of gafieiras and nightclubs especially in Rio de Janeiro.
"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese; "I am going to tell you" in English) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim.Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year.
"Blue Bossa" is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham. It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. [1] A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961.
Jazz Samba is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd released by Verve Records in 1962. [6] Jazz Samba signaled the beginning of the bossa nova craze in America. Stan Getz was the featured soloist and the tracks were arranged by Charlie Byrd, who had first heard bossa nova during a tour of Brazil in 1961.
An instrumental version was included on The Lonely Bull by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (1962). [9] Astrud Gilberto and George Michael recorded a version for the 1996 compilation album Red Hot + Rio. Ana Caram covered the song on her 2001 album Bossa Nova.
It spanned all the idioms of Brazilian popular music of the 20th century: samba, bossa nova, Afro-bahian ritual music, frevo, choro, and North Eastern Sertão music, and even European and Japanese lullabies. Like most musicians growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he was deeply influenced by jazz, especially bebop and swing.
[3]: xxii It has a bossa nova feel and features a bass ostinato. [3]: xxii "It contains only four chords: Fm 9 - E ♭ 9 - D ♭ 9 - C 9. The piece uses even eighth notes throughout, not swing eighths." [4] In his biography, Silver describes composing the song while attempting to use the bossa nova rhythm he had observed in Brazil. [5]
"Soul Bossa Nova" is a popular instrumental, composed and first performed by American musician Quincy Jones. It appeared on his 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova album on Mercury Records. [3] Jones said that it took him twenty minutes to compose the piece, [4] which features prominently a cuíca (responsible for the distinctive "laughing" in the first ...