Big Band Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones has a lot of these songs were possibly by not only by Gil Evans and other Jazz w/Latin/Big Band/Modern influences but also by Lester Lanin.Listen to some of Lester Lanin's music and you'll agree.
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
