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
Nova Bossa Nova Nova Bossa Nova Nova Bossa Nova was a Brazilian jazz ensemble consisting of Claudio Roditi on trumpet, Bob Mintzer on tenor sax, Joe Ford on alto sax, and Eddie Monteiro on vocals. They released one album in 1997, "Jazz Influence",The first new Marcos Valle album available worldwide since the late '60s, Nova Bossa Nova is an excellent return to form for the master composer and producer. Much more than his superstar Brazilian contemporaries (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso), Valle is up on current trends in the dance community. The production is crunchy and indebted to acid jazz (with even a drum