Desafinado/One Note Samba/Perdido/E Luxo So/Galanura/Lullaby Of Birdland/Rio Junction/Sem Saudades De Voce/La Puerta Del Sol/Brazil/Besame Mucho/Tak The A Train
On Big Band Bossa Nova audiophile arranger Enoch Light turns his attention to some Latin tunes for his distinctive stereophonic treatment. Although this was his last US top twenty album, his LPs continued to make the lower reaches of the chart until the early 1970s. (US:8)
“In 1962, the well-known conductor and audiophile avant-gardist Enoch Light gathered a big band around him to present twelve Latin songs, some of them classics, others brand new. And the band really is big, as 22 musicians play vivid, upbeat interpretations.”
“As is common with big band albums, you either like the jumpy performance and incessant shifts between gentle breezes and rumbling eruptions or you soon tire of them. In the right doses, every big band album works. I believe Enoch Light's Big Band Bossa Nova is no exception to this rudimentary rule of thumb. The songs are presented in pitch-perfect sound quality, and the insistence on Latin mannerisms and particular keys is surprisingly low.”
“Those who cannot stand the overly clichéd and stereotypical presentation of Latin material should give Big Band Bossa Nova a spin, as the vast majority of it is free of any old fashioned garbage.”
“This is definitely one of the better covers of One Note Samba, a very good arrangement indeed. But then it's quite rare to be disappointed by Enoch and his band.”
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