Desafinado: Bossa Nova and Jazz Samba

Artist: Coleman Hawkins
Label: Grp Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 011105022729
EAN: 0011105022729
ASIN: B000003N9W

Release Date: 1997-04-08

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Tracks:

Desafinado
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba)
Samba Para Bean
I Remember You
One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
O Pato (The Duck)
Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace To Bonfa)
Stumpy Bossa Nova

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Customer Reviews:

Sounds Like A Lot Of Other Bossa CDs; Good Though.......2005-07-26

even in late 1962 nothing about the bossa nova was all that new. although the liner notes for desafinado focus on hawkins fresh take on the genre, there is nothing groundbreaking about this cd (even considering its initial release date). that doesn't make it a bad listen though - quite the contrary really. hawkins plays though many enjoyable standards like "one note samba", "desafinado" and "o pato (the duck)". he also smokes through some lesser charted numbers like "samba para bean", "stumpy bossa nova" and "un abraco no bonfa (a tribute to bonfa)" - joao gilberto's tribute to luiz bonfa. what's most refreshing though is his brazilian takes on usually non-samba tracks like "i'm looking over a four leaf clover" and "i remember you". hawkins playing is smooth and relaxed and his tone is rich and mellow - typical coleman hawkins.

Bean Rides Again..........2000-07-01

Bossa nova flourished in the early 1960's, and dozens of jazz musicians jumped on the bandwagon, but only a small handful did it with any originality. Even the attempts by guys like Miles Davis and Quincy Jones fell short, but when Coleman Hawkins gets his hands on the sound, it works suprisingly well. Hawkins legendary tone on the tenor sax differs vastly from Stan Getz's smoother sound which epitomized the jazz samba movement in many people's eyes. But the Hawk blows admirably through eight songs either from the bossa nova catalogue or inspired by the sound. The wonderful thing about this album is that there wasn't a serious attempt to smooth out the rough edges, and so this music sounds even more genuine and original. A nice band as well, with the two guitars of Barry Galbraith and Howard Collins, Major Holley on bass, Eddie Locke on drums and a rare appearance on the claves by Tommy Flanagan, normally a pianist. Though this music isn't on the level of 'Getz/Gilberto' as far as interpretation of the music, it is an interesting and distinctive approach rather than a rehash, and even more evidence of the versatility of the king of the tenor sax.

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