With its elongated ii-V7-I progressions and shifting minor-major tonality, “Blue Bossa” has become a standard jazz warmup. That experience influenced trumpeter Kenny Dorham to compose “Blue Bossa” in response to bebop’s evolution into hard bop and soul music, and the tune was first recorded with saxophonist Joe Henderson for his 1963 album, Page One.Īuthor Ted Gioia notes that the tune is neither a proper blues or bossa nova, and that its legacy was established in academia as a vehicle for learning jazz improvisation because of its simplistic nature - if Miles Davis’ “So What” is the first tune that jazz students learn, then “Blue Bossa” is the second. The global sensation that became known as bossa nova is credited to Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto, who combined native samba rhythms with the European classical guitar, but historians point to a 1961 American state-sponsored festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the moment when prominent jazz figures were first exposed to the new beat. “Blue Bossa” (PDF) from the Joe Pass & J.J.
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