Big Band Bossa Nova [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Quincy Jones

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1964
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000DLUR
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,846 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Even when he was a full-time jazz cat, Quincy Jones always had an ear for the pop aesthetic. This 1962 record does contain a good bit of, how you say, queijo in its unsubtle arrangements, but it is for the most part an accessible, entertaining, and bubbly affair. And with musicians of the caliber of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Paul Gonsalves, Clark Terry, Jim Hall (who can't help but be tasteful), and Phil Woods all contributing ideas, a baseline quality is assured. Most significantly, Jones goes beyond the expected Jobim and Bonfa cuts to fit Lerner & Loewe and even Mingus into bossa nova's bright clothes. --Marc Greilsamer

Product Description

Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1964 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve, features ten tracks pressed on to a gold disc. Mercury. 2004. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cocktail Party Quincy, January 14, 2001

By	"pursuit7" (Monroe, NY United States) - See all my reviews

I love this CD. It's so reminiscent of the cocktail party music for those old movies from the late 50's and 60's with folks like Rock Hudson, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Doris Day, Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, etc. Bossa Nova was THE MAJOR COCKTAIL PARTY music for films like Casino Royale (It helped to make "The Look of Love," as done by Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 so popular). Bossa Nova was king then, and this is a fabulous feel good nostalgia recording. This CD makes me want to throw a cocktail party! This treatment of bossa nova fits in perfectly with the musical culture of those days gone by. It's a time travel trip to the suburban set and penthouse parties in Manhattan. It's soothing, calm, and simply . . . Quincy does Bossa Nova in the early 60's. Got to go . . . it's martini time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars essential, January 5, 2005

By	Nine-Oh-Nine "Tommy" (Holland) - See all my reviews

This record his become much more than just a soundtrack. As pursuit7 already stated it is a symbol of a lifestyle and an era.
It might be cooler than any music you have heard.
How many records can be played in the trendiest Lounge bars and most conservative country clubs at the same time? at lest we have one here.
Soul Bossa Nova takes a special position mostly because it has been used in so many occasion everybody recognises it, it is to say the pop-music from this record, but this track is definately not the (only) reason to buy BBBN.
So this all means that how good or bad it is is almost irrelevant since it is sort of a reference itself. A must have.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal Bossa Nova. I have the original 33 1/3 alblum., November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This alblum was my first encounter with the music of Quincy Jones. We played it in stage band in high school. If you enjoy the sounds of bossa nova music, this is some of the best! I'm a great fan of new types of music with a beat and performed by great artists. In the early 60's, this was quite original - even ahead of the times. I've been watching for the CD for some time.