{{other uses}} {{Infobox song | name = Blue Bossa | cover = | alt = | type = instrumental | artist = Kenny Dorham | album = Page One | released = {{Start date|1963}} | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = | composer = Kenny Dorham | lyricist = | producer = }} "'''Blue Bossa'''" is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham. It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album ''Page One''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Page One > Overview |last=Yanow |first=Scott |author-link=Scott Yanow |publisher=Allmusic |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r140585|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2009-08-10}}</ref> A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961.<ref>{{cite book |title=Texan jazz |url=https://archive.org/details/texanjazz0000olip |url-access=registration |last=Oliphant |first=Dave |year=1996 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=0-292-76045-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/texanjazz0000olip/page/257 257]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State |last=Oliphant |first=Dave |year=2007 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-71496-0 |page=5}}</ref> The tune has since been recorded numerous times by different artists, making it a jazz standard.<ref>{{cite book |title=All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music |last1=Bogdanov |first1=Vladimir |last2=Woodstra |first2=Chris |last3=Erlewine |first3=Stephen Thomas |authorlink3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |year=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=0-87930-717-X |page=344}}</ref>
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melody = \relative c'' { \global \partial 4 g4 | \bar ".|:" g'4. f8 es d r c~ | c2~ c8 bes r as~ | as2~ as8 g' r f~ | f2. r4 | f4. es8 d c r bes~ | bes2~ bes8 as r g~ | g2~ g8 f' r es~ | es2. r4 | }
\score { << \new ChordNames \chordNames \new Staff { \melody } >> \layout { } \midi { } } </score> |width=|caption = First eight measures of ''Blue Bossa''<ref>{{Cite book |last1 = Dorham |first1 = Kenny |author-link1 = Kenny Dorham |contribution=Blue Bossa |title=The Real Book. C Instruments |date=2006 |publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=978-0-634-06038-0 |edition=6 |volume=1 |location=Milwaukee, WI|url=https://archive.org/details/The_Real_Book_Sixth_Edition_volume_1/page/n48/mode/1up|page=50}}</ref>|align=center }}
==See also== *List of post-1950 jazz standards
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Kenny Dorham}} {{Authority control}} Category:1960s jazz standards Category:1963 compositions Category:Bossa nova jazz standards Category:Hard bop jazz standards Category:Jazz compositions in C minor Category:Jazz instrumentals Category:Compositions in the Real Book Category:Songs with music by Kenny Dorham {{1960s-jazz-composition-stub}}