Herbie Mann - Brazil Bossa Nova & Blues / Right Now

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 70:17

Size: 160.9 MB

Styles: Flute jazz, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2013

Art: Front

[5:14] 1. Cool Heat

[4:31] 2. One Note Samba

[4:24] 3. Desafinado

[6:55] 4. Copacabana

[4:37] 5. Brazil

[5:14] 6. Minha De Saudade

[2:54] 7. B.N. Blues

[8:00] 8. Me Faz Recordar

[2:58] 9. Carnival

[2:20] 10. Free For All

[2:38] 11. La La La

[5:54] 12. Meditation

[3:41] 13. O Barquinho

[4:41] 14. Challil

[3:14] 15. Right Now

[2:54] 16. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Tracks #1-6, from the album “Brazil, Bossa Nova & Blues”, Recorded in New York City, early 1962. Tracks #7-16, from the album “Right Now”, Recorded in New York City, March 12 (#7-9), 28 (#10) and April 19 (#11-16), 1962. Tracks #7-16

This gentle and warm blend of jazz and bossa nova was inspired by flautist Herbie Mann’s 1961 Brazilian tour. A well-chosen, simpatico group invests these attractive compositions with warmth while slipping deftly into the blend of relaxation and lyricism the idiom calls for.

As leader, Mann generally takes on the theme statements, but his unpretentious – yet always melodic – playing works well in this context. A major benefit to the sessions is Billy Bean, a superb guitarist with a great gift for improvisation, whose versatility adds considerably more orchestral colour and texture to Mann’s group. Vibist Haygood Hardy’s rhythmically sinuous and serpentine solos are also consistently well constructed, while the rhythm section, which carries the soloists along irresistibly, yet always with restraint, is one of the best Mann ever had.

Herbie Mann (fl), Haygood Hardy (vb), Dave Pike (marimba), Billy Bean (g), Bill Salter, Don Payne (b), Willie Bobo (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (conga), Jose De Paula (tambourine), Carmen Costa (maracas), Johnny Pacheco, Willie Rodriguez (perc)

Brazil Bossa Nova & Blues / Right Now

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