Soul Bossa Nova

Quincy Jones · 1962 · Opens the album Big Band Bossa Nova (Mercury), recorded in New York in 1962; covered in 1997 in Austin Powers.

Context

Composed by Quincy Jones, who says he wrote it in about twenty minutes, "Soul Bossa Nova" opens Big Band Bossa Nova (Mercury, 1962), cut at the A&R studios in New York. The laugh of the cuíca in the introduction and Roland Kirk's flute solo make it instantly recognizable. Theme of the Canadian game show Definition, it became the theme of Austin Powers and a theme of the 1998 World Cup.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• The Quintessence (1961)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• Ai No Corrida (1981)

Sources

• EN: Soul Bossa Nova
• philwoods.com

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