Rating:
Genre:
Jazz
Release Date: 10/22/1996
Run Time: 55:55
In the hope that
Red Hot + Rio would ignite interest in Brazilian music within the X-Generation,
Verve simultaneously released a historical survey with similar cover art, similar noise interludes between tracks, and occasionally, the same tunes (do not be confused!). Although some of the same old stuff reissued a thousand times before is here (the
Stan Getz/
João Gilberto "The Girl from Ipanema," and the
Stan Getz/
Charlie Byrd "Desafinado" et al),
Verve also went through the trouble to unearth some unusual items. Among the prizes on
Nova Bossa: Red Hot on Verve are a bizarre track by organist
Walter Wanderley called
"Bicho Do Mato," Edu Lobo's marvelous high-energy original version of his
"Upa, Neguinho," and
Sergio Mendes'
folk-like back-to-the-roots treatment of
"After Sunrise." Commendably, half of the CD is devoted to songs by composers other than
Antonio Carlos Jobim -- worthy figures like
Lobo,
Jorge Ben,
Baden Powell,
João Gilberto,
Caetano Veloso and
Gilberto Gil. Not all bases are adequately covered, however, there is no
tropicalismo beyond its late-'60s infancy and there is nothing from a giant like
Milton Nascimento. Still, this is one of those rare collections that will appeal to the newcomer and the connoisseur.
~Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
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