Bim Bom

Stan Getz & Gary McFarland · 1962 · Big Band Bossa Nova, Verve

Context

«Bim Bom», a composition by João Gilberto, closes Big Band Bossa Nova, a Stan Getz album arranged and conducted by Gary McFarland, recorded in New York in August 1962 and released by Verve. It follows Jazz Samba and reached number 13 on the Billboard albums chart.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bossa nova, jazz samba, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Bossa nova, jazz samba: Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.

By the same artist

• Balanço no Samba (1962)
• Melancólico (1962)
• Noite Triste (1962)

Sources

• EN: Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz album)

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