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Viva Bossa Nova!

Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova Allstars

Recorded	c. 1962
Label	Capitol Records
Released	1962
Personnel	11 credited players
Discogs	master 276630

The record

Max Bennett, Jimmy Rowles, and Shelly Manne join Almeida for a sunny, exotica-leaning take on the samba craze, LA session polish standing in for Rio's grit.

Session personnel

Max Bennett — bass
Justin Gordon — flute
Al Viola — guitar
Howard Roberts — guitar
Laurindo Almeida — guitar, ukulele [cavaquinha]
Jimmy Rowles — organ [electric]
Chico Guerrero — percussion
Milt Holland — percussion
Shelly Manne — percussion
Bob Cooper — tenor saxophone
Don Fagerquist — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 29 pressings on file.

1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Los Angeles Pressing earliest on file
1962	Capitol Records — MONO
1962	Capitol Records · ST 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Scranton
1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Capitol Records · ZT-1759 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel, Album
1962	Capitol Records · ST 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Capitol Records · ST-1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Los Angeles Pressing
1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1962	Capitol Records · T 1759 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve
1962	Capitol Records · T1759 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1963	Capitol Records · SXE-1759 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Jukebox, Stereo
1963	Capitol Records · EAP 4-1759 — Vinyl, 7", EP