Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann (subtitled Recorded in Rio de Janeiro with the Greatest Bossa Nova Players) is an album by American jazz flautist Herbie Mann recorded in 1962 for the Atlantic label. AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Rather than play a watered-down version of bossa nova in New York studios (which was becoming quite common as the bossa nova fad hit its peak in 1962), flutist Herbie Mann went down to Brazil and recorded with some of the top players of the
Belly dance Belly dance Belly dance, also referred to as Arabic dance (, literally: "oriental dancing"), is an Arabic expressive dance which originated in Egypt and that emphasizes complex movements of the torso. It has evolved to take many different forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style. The term "belly dance" is a translation of the French term "danse du ventre", which was applied to the dance in the Victorian era, and referred to Egyptian and oriental female dances. In Arabic, the dance is known as "Raqs Sharqi" ("Eastern Dance") or as "Raqs Baladi" in Egyptian