Soul Bossa Nova

For the song by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, see Soul Drums.
"Soul Bossa Nova"
Single by Quincy Jones
from the album Big Band Bossa Nova
ReleasedDecember 20, 1962 (1962-12-20)
RecordedSeptember 7, 1962
StudioA & R Studios, New York City[1]
Genre
Length2:50
Songwriter(s)Quincy Jones
Producer(s)Quincy Jones

"Soul Bossa Nova" is a popular instrumental, composed and first performed by American musician Quincy Jones. It appeared on his 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova album on Mercury Records.[3]

Jones said that it took him twenty minutes to compose the piece,[4] which features prominently a cuíca (responsible for the distinctive "laughing" in the first bars). Roland Kirk was the flute soloist, Lalo Schifrin was the pianist, Chris White was the bassist, Rudy Collins was the drummer, and Jerome Richardson was the alto flutist.[1] The album liner notes do not specify the brass players.

  1. ^ a b "Mercury Records Discography: 1962" jazzdisco.org Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Tower, Chris (January 1, 1998). "Quincy Jones". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 254–256.
  3. ^ Henry, Clarence Bernard (August 21, 2008). Let's Make Some Noise: Axé and the African Roots of Brazilian Popular Music. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 167. ISBN 9781604730821. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  4. ^ Jones, Quincy (October 1, 2001). Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 263. ISBN 9780385488969. Retrieved April 17, 2012.