Blue Note Plays Bossa Nova (2008)

CD 1
01 - Lou Rawls - The Girl From Ipanema
02 - Hank Mobley - Recado Bossa Nova
03 - Cannonball Adderley - Batida Diferente
04 - Nancy Wilson - One Note Samba
05 - Lee Morgan - Rio
06 - Duke Pearson - Sandalia Dela
07 - Grant Green - Corcovado
08 - Ike Quebec - Blue Samba
09 - Kenny Dorham - Sao Paulo
10 - Horace Parlan - Congalegre
11 - Nancy Wilson - How Insensitive
12 - Willie Bobo - Bossa Nova in Blue
13 - Charlie Rouse - Samba de Orfeu
14 - Kurt Elling - Rosa Morena
15 - Michel Petrucciani - Brazillian Suite

CD 2
01 - Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa
02 - Laurindo Almeida - Atabaque
03 - Bud Shank - Samba do Avi?o
04 - Dianne Reeves - Triste
05 - Jacky Terrasson - The Dolphin
06 - Cassandra Wilson - Waters Of March
07 - Fabrizio Bosso - Rio de Maio
08 - Duke Pearson - My Love Waits
09 - Donald Byrd - Book's Bossa
10 - Charlie Rouse - Velhos Tempos
11 - Jazz Crusaders, The - Ontem ? Noite
12 - Ron Carter - Manh? de Carnaval
13 - Eliane Elias - Chega de Saudade
14 - Chick Corea - Bossa
15 - Jackie Allen - Dindi

CD 3
01 - Stacey Kent - Samba Saravah
02 - Horace Silver Quintet - Swingin' The Samba
03 - Peggy Lee - Little Boat
04 - Donald Byrd - Christo Redentor
05 - Stanley Turrentine - Wave
06 - Eliane Elias - Garota De Ipanema
07 - Bireli Lagrene - How Insensitive
08 - Ike Quebec - Favela
09 - Cannonball Adderley And The Bossa Rio Sextet - O Amor Em Paz
10 - Blossom Dearie - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
11 - Earl Klugh - Triste
12 - Tania Maria - Agua De Beber
13 - Duke Pearson with Flora Purim - Upa Neguinho
14 - Jackie McLean - Bluesanova
15 - Bobby McFerrin - Blue Bossa

If only this terrific triple-disc set would get released here in the States! EMI Italy digs into the Blue Note catalog for this rich assortment of samba and bossa tunes both old and new, revealing -- once again -- the seemingly endless wealth of material resting stealthily in the Blue Note vaults. Assembled aesthetically rather than chronologically, each disc is its own veritable mixtape featuring both nuggets and rather obscure takes on the great Brazilian art form. In other words, over these 45 cuts, you either have an entire afternoon's or evening's listen or a delightful, sensual, and breezy hour of delight ahead. Some of the many highlights on disc one include Willie Bobo's "Bossa Nova in Blue" and Lou Rawls' unlikely but effective "Girl from Ipanema," along with Duke Pearson's "Sandalia Dela." Then, shifting over to the second disc, one finds treasures such as the Jazz Crusaders' vintage read of "Ontem a Noite," pianist Eliane Elias' "Chega de Saudade," and Joe Henderson's "Blue Bossa." Meanwhile, disc three plays host to Peggy Lee singing "Little Boat," Jackie McLean's "Bluesanova," and Blossom Dearie's trademark version of "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars." In terms of contextual weight, the set makes a rather strong argument for bossa nova and samba being real pillars of jazz: they offer a very different body of standards in contrast to the overfished waters of the American Songbook, but these forms more often than not contains songs so well written that they become inspirations for improvisation and reinterpretation without losing their mystery or charm, in addition to providing structural forms for new compositions. Given that this is a rather inexpensive box, and doesn't rely on the masters themselves to "beef it up," it's almost impossible not to see it as somehow essential. ---Thom Jurek, Rovi

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