Samba do Avião (Song of the Jet)

Walter Wanderley · 1966 · Rain Forest, Verve

Context

Piece by Jobim, with English lyrics by Gene Lees, that closes the album (2:43). The album was released in September 1966 on Verve.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Bossa nova, jazz samba, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Bossa nova, jazz samba: Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.

By the same artist

• Summer Samba (So Nice) (1966)
• Rain (Chuva) (1966)
• Cried, Cried (Chorou, Chorou) (1966)
• Beach Samba (Bossa na Praia) (1966)

Sources

• EN: Rain Forest (Walter Wanderley album)

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