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Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros

Charlie Byrd

Recorded	Sep 28 & Oct 5, 1962
Label	Riverside Records
Released	1962
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 353061

The record

Months after Jazz Samba turned bossa nova into a national fad, this septet outing surrounds Byrd with flute, trombone, and Latin percussion rather than repeating the formula. A lesser-known Riverside date that pushes the sound outward.

Session personnel

Keter Betts — bass
Bill Reichenbach — drums
Charlie Hampton — flute, alto saxophone
Gene Byrd — guitar
Charlie Byrd — guitar [unamplified]
Willie Rodriguez — percussion [latin]
Earl Swope — trombone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 32 pressings on file.

1962	Riverside Records · RM 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Pressing earliest on file
1986	Original Jazz Classics · OJC-107 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo OJC
1962	Riverside Records · RM 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
1965	Riverside Records · RM 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono · deep groove
1962	Riverside Records — MONO
1962	Riverside Records · RS 9436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1962	Riverside Records · RS 9436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MGM Pressing
1962	Riverside Records · RM 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono
1962	Riverside Records · RLP 9436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1962	Riverside Records · RS 9436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Shelley Products Pressing
1962	Riverside Records · RS 9436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1963	Riverside Records · RLP 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1963	Riverside Records · SE-2074 — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Jukebox, Stereo
1966	Riverside Records · RM 436 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono