Bossa Nova is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris, featuring some early compositions by Lalo Schifrin, recorded in 1962 and released on the Vee-Jay label.

Reception

The Allmusic review states "far from being a casual response to a fad, this is a great record, one where Harris came to his own comfortable accommodation with the Brazilian idiom".

Bossa Nova (Eddie Harris album)

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

"Mima" - 7:39

"Lolita Marie" (Eddie Harris) - 4:54

"Cev y Mar" (Johnny Alf) - 8:29

"Whispering Bossa Nova" -5:42

"Samba Para Dos" - 5:29

"Tel Eco Teco No. 2" (Nelsinado O. Magalhaes) - 3:28

Personnel

Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone

Lalo Schifrin - piano, arranger

Jimmy Raney - guitar

Art Davis - bass

Chuck Lampkin - drums

Jack del Rio, Osvaldo Cigno - Latin percussion

George Okamoto, Ray London - cover illustration

References

Eddie Harris albums

1963 albums

Albums arranged by Lalo Schifrin

Vee-Jay Records albums

Bossa Nova (Eddie Harris album)