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Do the Bossa Nova / My Kinda Groove

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Herbie Mann travelled to Rio in 1962 and came back with the album "Do the Bossa Nova", today a classic example of that happy marriage of jazz and Brazilian popular music. He teamed with Castro Neves, Baden Powell and the great Tom Jobim, the composer of Quiet Nights and The Girl from Ipanema to cover bossa nova standards and more percussive mainstream samba numbers. The result is irregular but always inspired and worth listening. The track Consolação, a dueto of flute and guitar, Mann and Powell, is hypnotic!

Mann gives us an incredibly smoothed-out old-school latin jazz workout much in the vein of his work at the time. This particular double-album CD is a steal not only at its price, but because the quality of the music on both records is so consistently good. Using his flute to guide the ambience and not simply to embellish it, the tracks are infectious bits of bachelor pad/martini napkin-wet coolness; so much so that even on tracks that burn-out a little ("Menina Feia" and "Voce E Eu" leap to mind) retain their essential Mann-ness. This double record is a great place to start with his fairly large catalogue.

Herbie Mann delivered powerful jazz and latin music that was understated; that is, it was easy to listen to by people from all walks of life. The casual listener to the most ardent aficionado loves listening to Herbie Mann's arrangements.

En las series Collectables Jazz Classics podemos encontrara en un cd grabaciones especiales de artista consagrados del jazz reuniendo dos lps completamente masterizados regalándonos el placer de apreciar las interpretaciones de estos grandes artista. En este caso podemos oir dos lps del genial flautista de los 60' Herbie Mann en interpretación de un estilo musical brasilero que el amó mucho como fue el bossa nova.
En este disco "Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann" podemos apreciar insignes interpretaciones hechas en Rio de Janeiro al lado de leyendas brasileras de este género como fueron Tom Jobin, Sergio Mendes y Baden Powell. Ademas escuchamos la primera grabación de "One Note Samba" compuesta e interpretada por el propio Jobim.
En el segundo lp "My Kinda Groove", Herbie Mann nos regala sus interpretaciones del antiguo latin jazz al lado del famoso percusionista cubano Carlos "Potato" Valdez. Versiones desenfadadas de temas americanos con ritmos afro-caribeños utilizando en algunos de estos remas la flauta traversa alto en Sol y la flauta bajo en Do, instrumentos de registro grave e íntimos.
Disco de antología de este gran flautista fallecido hace algún tiempo.