Soul Bossa Nova
{{Short description|1962 instrumental by Quincy Jones}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Soul Bossa Nova
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Quincy Jones
| album = Big Band Bossa Nova
| released = {{Start date|1962|12|20}}
| recorded = September 7, 1962
| studio = A & R Studios, New York City[https://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/discography-1962/ "Mercury Records Discography: 1962"] jazzdisco.org Retrieved November 7, 2018.
| venue =
| genre =
- Jazz{{cite book|last= Tower|first= Chris|chapter= Quincy Jones|editor-last= Knopper|editor-first=Steve|date=January 1, 1998|title=MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Detroit|pages= 254–256}}
- soul
- bossa nova
| length = 2:50
| label =
| writer = Quincy Jones
| producer = 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.{{cite book|last=Henry|first=Clarence Bernard|title=Let's Make Some Noise: Axé and the African Roots of Brazilian Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LiNoYC8pZA8C&pg=PA167|accessdate=17 April 2012|date=2008-08-21|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781604730821|page=167}}
Jones said that it took him twenty minutes to compose the piece,{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Quincy|title=Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdidgShgxQcC&pg=PT263|accessdate=17 April 2012|date=2001-10-01|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=9780385488969|page=263}} 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. The album liner notes do not specify the brass players.
Media use
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- The song was featured in a choreographed dance scene starring Judy Garland in the second episode of The Judy Garland Show in 1963.
- The song is used in the films The Pawnbroker, Sweet Charity and Take the Money and Run.
- The theme was used in a long-running Canadian television game show, Definition.{{cite web|url=http://toronto.ctv.ca/gallery/html/toronto-50years-shows-20101224/photo_6.html|title=CTV Produced Shows Over the Years|work=CTV.ca|publisher=BellMedia|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114204850/http://toronto.ctv.ca/gallery/html/toronto-50years-shows-20101224/photo_6.html|archivedate=14 January 2011}}
- Canadian hip hop group Dream Warriors sampled the title heavily for their popular track "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style", in their debut album And Now the Legacy Begins in 1991.{{cite book|last=Dyson|first=Michael Eric|title=Born to Use Mics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPLbK6ts2e4C&pg=PT91|accessdate=17 April 2012|date=2009-12-08|publisher=Basic Civitas Books|isbn=9780786727650|page=91}} File:Austin Powers - Compilation One.jpg, 1996]]
- Canadian comedian Mike Myers used the song as the theme tune for his James Bond parody film series Austin Powers. The song was recommended to Myers by KCRW DJ Chris Douridas, a music consultant on the film series. Myers had a personal connection to the song, having been a fan of Definition as a child.{{Citation |title=Music Supervisor Chris Douridas: Creating the Soundtrack for the Scene {{!}} 2022 Music Industry Summit | date=9 July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6Mp0LIWi8 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-14}}
- It was used as a theme for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[https://img.cdandlp.com/2013/12/imgL/116320531-2.jpg Rear cover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225052134/https://img.cdandlp.com/2013/12/imgL/116320531-2.jpg |date=2021-02-25 }} of 1998 CD reissue of Big Band Bossa Nova.
- It was sampled by Ludacris for his Austin Powers-themed single, "Number One Spot", and another single, "Soul Bossa Nostra".
- It was used as a theme music of the ABC 5 sketch comedy show Ispup.
- It was used in a dance video game, Just Dance 2 (developed by Ubisoft).
- In 2014, Jones executive produced Canadian jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky's album Little Secret, which featured a song entitled "Something New". The song interpolated melodic references to "Soul Bossa Nova".{{Cite news|title = 'This lady is really special,' the legendary producer says of his 20-year-old Canadian protégé.|url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/05/12/nikki_yanofsky_finds_a_mentor_in_quincy_jones.html|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = 2014-05-12|access-date = 2016-02-17|issn = 0319-0781|first = Nick|last = Krewen}}
- A version of the song was used as the title theme in the German comedy show {{ill|Was guckst du?!|de}}
