By 1963, Creed Taylor had produced more than a half dozen successful jazz-bossa nova albums for Verve Records. Artists at the label taking a shot at the new Brazilian sound ranged from Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer to Gary McFarland and Cal Tjader. The next step for Creed was to try and duplicate the winning crossover formula he had developed with the bo…
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