Released September 1966 Length 34:05 Release date 1999 Label Limb Music | Recorded May 16–17, 1966 Artist Walter Wanderley Producer Creed Taylor Genre Bossa nova | |
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Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Rain Forest
(1966) A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness
(1966) Bossa nova albums Beach Samba, A Certain Smile - a Certain S, Sacundin Ben Samba, Crystal Illusions, Impacto | ||
Walter wanderley rain forest
Rain Forest is a 1966 album by Walter Wanderley.
Contents
Reception
Billboard magazine reviewed the album in their September 3, 1966 issue and wrote that the "young Brazilian organist plays superbly" and that ""Summer Samba" has the power to pull this delightful package right up the LP chart".
Judith Schlesinger reviewed the reissue of the album for Allmusic and wrote that the album "does evoke strong water images, like "poolside" and "ice skating rink."" and that the listener is "catapulted straight back to the '60s when bossa nova was new in the U.S. and everyone wanted a piece of it". Schlesinger commented that the shortness of the songs left the "jazzmen...underutilized", but praised Urbie Green's work on "Rain" and "Beach Samba".
Track listing
- "Summer Samba (So Nice)" (Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle) – 3:07
- "It's Easy to Say Good-Bye" (Tito Madi) – 2:03
- "Cried, Cried" (Luiz Antonio) – 2:26
- "Rain" (Durval Ferreira) – 3:48
- "The Girl from Ipanema" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 2:38
- "Beloved Melancholy" (Madi) – 2:42
- "Taste of Sadness" (Luiz Antonio, Ferreira) – 2:54
- "Bossa Na Praia (Beach Samba)" (Geraldo Cunha, Pery Ribeiro) – 3:54
- "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 2:26
- "Cry out Your Sadness" (Oscar Castro-Neves) – 2:46
- "The Great Love" (Jobim) – 3:04
- "Samba do Avião (Song of the Jet)" (Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:43
Personnel
Production
Songs
1PrologueConcerto Moon1:23
2Time to DieConcerto Moon5:17
3Lonely Last JourneyConcerto Moon5:54