Midnight Roses - Xavier Cugat

 

Manha De Carnival

Midnight Roses
The Quiet New Excitement Of Xavier Cugat
Arranged by Dick Jacobs
Produced by Harry Meyerson
Decca Records, A Division of MCA, Inc. DL 75046
1968

From the back cover: The name, Xavier Cugat, has been synonymous with the rhythms of Latin America for many years. From the very inception and acceptance of the conga, rhumba, samba, mambo, cha cha and meringue by American audiences, Xavier Cugat remained master of each craze that swept American popular music and kept Americans dancing through a seemingly endless cycle of appealing dance tempos from south of the border.

Recently, American popular music was successfully invaded by yet another musical import, the Bossa Nova. The lightness, the delicacy and the depth of feeling of the Bossa Nova has pervaded every form of musical expression with a subtle and naturally accented beat. It was predictable that the most popular Latin American band in the business would master this tempo, and MIDNIGHT ROSES is the delightful result. 

Properly subtitled "The Quiet New Excitement of Xavier Cugat," this latest album features a collection of great songs that lend themselves especially to the rhythms of the Bossa Nova; written by some equally great composers from both North and South America. Burt Bacharach and Hal David are represented with DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE and THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU; Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers with I HAVE DREAMED; Michel LeGrand's beautiful WATCH WHAT HAPPENS from "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"; Antonio Carlos Jobim, considered by many to be the "Father" of the Bossa Nova, with TRISTE and WAVE; YOUNG AND WARM AND FREE from the motion picture "Elvira Madigan,' adapted from a Mozart concerto by Carl Sigman; Francis Lai's ALL AT ONCE from his beautiful score for "A Man and A Woman"; MISTY ROSES by the very talented Tim Hardin; ON A CLEAR DAY from the pen of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane; and last but certainly not least, the unforgettable theme, MANHA DE CARNAVAL, by Luiz Bonfa, another of the pioneer innovators of the Bossa Nova from Latin America, featured in an unforgettable motion picture, "Black Orpheus."

If you haven't already been caught up in the swell of the Bossa Nova, we recommend you retire to your stereo with a copy of MIDNIGHT ROSES and let "The Quiet New Excitement of Xavier Cugat" cast its spell.

I Have Dreamed
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Young And Wild And Free

   "Adapted from Mozart Concerto" (featured in "Elvira Madigan")
Watch What Happens
Triste
All At Once It's Love
Misty Roses
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
This Guy's In Love With You
Wave
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