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Context
Bossa nova by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça, recorded on February 13, 1962 at Pierce Hall of All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington for the album Jazz Samba (Verve). Charlie Byrd, influenced by a tour of Brazil in 1961, wrote the arrangements, and Stan Getz is the soloist. The album was number one on Billboard in 1963 and Getz received the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance for this track, the starting point of the bossa nova craze in the United States.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bossa nova, jazz samba, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Bossa nova, jazz samba: Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.