Jazz legends and their relationship with Cuban and Brazilian sounds are comprehensively surveyed in this delightful three-CD retrospective set.
Blue Bossa Vol 1:
01. Horace Parlan - Congalegre (4:23)
02. Charlie Rouse - Back Down To The Tropics (3:56)
03. 'Big' John Patton - Latona (7:23)
04. Duke Pearson - Sandalia Dela (3:31)
05. Ike Quebec - Loie (3:12)
06. Cannonball Adderley - Sambop (3:34)
07. Kenny Dorham - Afrodisa (5:05)
08. Grant Green - Mambo Inn (5:51)
09. Horace Silver - The Cape Verdean Blues (5:00)
10. Eliane Elias - Waters Of March-Agua De Beber (4:47)
11. Andrew Hill - Mira (6:20)
12. Hank Mobley - Recado Bossa Nova (8:14)
13. Lou Donaldson - South Of The Border (5:33)
14. Ghana - Donald Byrd (7:17)
Blue Bossa Vol 2:
01. Stanley Turrentine - La Fiesta (5:04)
02. J. J. Johnson - Old Devil Moon (3:53)
03. Lou Rawls - The Girl From Ipanema (3:48)
04. Donald Byrd - Book's Bossa (6:52)
05. Carmen McRae - You're Everything (2:50)
06. Horace Silver - Swinging The Samba (5:16)
07. Duke Pearson feat. Flora Purim - Upa Neguinho (1:59)
08. Charlie Rouse - Samba De Orfeu (6:16)
09. Horace Parlan - Heading South (4:28)
10. Lee Morgan - Eclipso (6:58)
11. Bobby Hutcherson - La Malanga (4:18)
12. Dexter Gordon - Love For Sale (7:36)
13. Grant Green - Mama Inez (6:40)
14. Ike Quebec - Lloro Tu Despedida (3:04)
15. Joe Henderson - Blue Bossa (7:59)
Blue Bossa Vol 3:
01. James Moody and His Modernists - Tin Tin Deo (2:47)
02. Hank Mobley Qaurtet - Avila and Tequila (4:31)
03. Jackie McLean - Bluesanova (7:29)
04. Kenny Burrell - Chitlins Con Carne (5:26)
05. Grant Green - Corcovado (5:57)
06. Duke Pearson feat. Flora Purim - Stormy (3:35)
07. Herbie Hancock - Succotash (7:41)
08. Stanley Turrentine - Wave (8:14)
09. Ike Quebec - Congo Lament (6:51)
10. Kenny Dorham - Sao Paulo (7:19)
11. Wayne Shorter - El Gaucho (6:31)
12. Lee Morgan - Afreaka (8:06)
