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Bossa Nova Bacchanal

Charlie Rouse

Recorded	Nov 26, 1962
Label	Blue Note
Catalog	BST 84119
Released	1962
Personnel	6 credited players
Discogs	master 351525

The record

Blue Note leans into the bossa nova craze here, pairing Rouse's easy tenor with Kenny Burrell's guitar and Patato Valdes's congas -- a sunny detour from the Monk quartet's angles.

Session personnel

Larry Gales — bass
Carlos "Patato" Valdes — congas
Willie Bobo — drums
Chauncey Westbrook — guitar
Kenny Burrell — guitar
Charlie Rouse — tenor saxophone

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 19 pressings on file.

1963	Blue Note · BLP 4119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 90416 2 9 — CD, Reissue, Album, Limited Edition · RVG stamp
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 93875 2 9 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, Copy Protected · RVG stamp
2003	Blue Note · 7243 5 90416 2 9 — CD, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo · RVG stamp
2006	Classic Records · BN 4119-MONO-200G — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 200 Gram · deep groove; flat edge
1963	Blue Note · BST 84119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1967	Blue Note · BST 84119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
1981	Blue Note · GXK-8206 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1990	Blue Note — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION
1994	Blue Note · TOCJ-4119 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1999	Blue Note · TOCJ-9097 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Paper Sleeve
2005	Blue Note · TOCJ-6503 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2005	Classic Records · BNLP-4119 A/B — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing, Mono, 200 Gram
2007	Blue Note · 4119 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Scorpio