Tour de Force (Bola Sete album)

Tour de Force
Studio album by Bola Sete
Released 1963
Recorded June 18, 1963 at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA
Genre Samba, jazz
Length 35:40
Label Fantasy
Bola Sete chronology

Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends
(1963)		 Tour de Force
(1963)		 From All Sides
(1964)

Tour de Force is an album by Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete, released in 1963 through Fantasy Records.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Richie Unterberger of allmusic gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it "quality by-the-fire jazz bossa nova music."[1]

In 2001, Tour de Force was issued on CD coupled with Bossa Nova on a compilation titled after the former.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bola Sete, except where noted. 

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Baccara (Baccarat)"    3:37
2. "Moon River"  Mancini and Mercer 2:58
3. "Mambeando"    3:15
4. "Céu e Mar"    3:30
5. "Asturias"  Albéniz 4:40
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Samba de Orpheus"  Bonfá and Salvet 3:12
2. "Sad Note"    2:10
3. "Tour de Force"  Gillespie 4:48
4. "A Noite do Meu Bem"  Duran 4:00
5. "Bourrée"  Bach 3:23

Personnel


Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue number
United States 1963 Fantasy mono LP 3358
stereo LP 8358

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unterberger, Richie. "Tour de Force". Allmusic. Retrieved October 12, 2012.

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