Stan Getz: Big Band Bossa Nova (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 1LP ETJS-78.2 The Sermon

The Sermon

bassist Doug Watkins

Bheki Mseleku

leaning hard into more free improvisation with a matter-of-fact confidence that will become more normalized over his concluding two years

and Jimmy McGriff along with originals by Smith and Burrell

Stan Getz: Big Band Bossa Nova (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 1LP ETJS-78.2 The SermonVerve, 1962 Released in 1962 on Verve, Big Band Bossa Nova followed the success of Stan Getzs earlier bossa nova projects, expanding the style into a large ensemble setting with arrangements and conducting by Gary McFarland and production by Creed Taylor. Recorded in August at Columbias 30th Street Studio, the album features leading session players including George Duvivier, Jim Hall, Mel Lewis, and percussionists Jos Paulo and Luiz Parga whose