Bud Shank didn't invent the bossa nova. Nor did he record the first bossa nova jazz album. But according to Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bud's two volumes of Laurindo Almeida Quartet in 1953 and 1954 and his West Coast jazz albums were a huge influence on the Brazilian music scene of the late 1950s. The LPs were the first attempts to relax the samba. [Photo ab…
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