Big Band Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones album)

{{Distinguish|Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz album)|Big Band Bossa Nova (Enoch Light album)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Big Band Bossa Nova

| type = studio

| artist = Quincy Jones

| cover = Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova.png

| released = December 20, 1962

| recorded = June 15, 1962 – September 8, 1962

| studio = A&R Studios, New York City

| genre = * Bossa Nova{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/108013-Quincy-Jones-His-Orch-Big-Band-Bossa-Nova|title=Quincy Jones & His Orch.* – Big Band Bossa Nova|website=discogs.com|publisher=Discogs|access-date=April 8, 2025}}

  • Jazz{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/06/how-quincy-jones-commanded-pop-authority|title=I Wanna Rock with Q. Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=June 15, 2024|access-date=August 5, 2024}}
  • exotica
  • latin

| length = 35:02

| label = Mercury

| producer = Quincy Jones

| prev_title = The Quintessence

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits

| next_year = 1963

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Big Band Bossa Nova |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-band-bossa-nova-mw0000601466 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 September 2018}}

| rev2 = New Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Griffiths |first= David |date=13 July 1963 |title=Quincy Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-07-13-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=122 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224824/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-07-13-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}

}}

Big Band Bossa Nova is an album by American composer Quincy Jones.

Track listing

class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center;"|#

! style="text-align:center;"|Title

! style="text-align:center;"|Writers

! style="text-align:center;"|Length

1

|"Soul Bossa Nova"

|Quincy Jones

|2:44

2

|"Boogie Bossa Nova"

|Charles Mingus

|2:41

3

|"Desafinado"

|Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça

|2:53

4

|"Manhã de Carnaval (Morning Of The Carnival)"

|Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria

|2:55

5

|"Se É Tarde Me Perdoa (Forgive Me If I'm Late)"

|Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra

|4:21

6

|"On the Street Where You Live"

|Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner

|2:32

7

|"One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)"

|Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça

|2:00

8

|"Lalo Bossa Nova"

|Lalo Schifrin

|3:12

9

|"Serenata"

|Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish

|3:18

10

|"Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)"

|Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes

|5:30

11

|"A Taste of Honey" (CD extra on some pressings)

| Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow

|2:56

Digital Re-issue, on Verve label

Performers

References