Melancólico

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

Context

"Melancólico" is a composition by Gary McFarland, third track of Big Band Bossa Nova, recorded on 27 and 28 August 1962 in New York and released by Verve in late October 1962. McFarland arranged and conducted a lightened orchestra around Stan Getz, with brief solos by Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Doc Severinsen and Bob Brookmeyer.

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)
• Noite Triste (1962)
• Bim Bom (1962)

Sources

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

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