I'm not really a big jazz guy, but I got into Bossa Nova a few years ago thanks to Stan Getz's The Girl From Ipenema & Joe Harnel's Fly Me To The Moon. Figured I couldn't go wrong with Gene Ammons foray into the genre. This was the last album the Chicago-born saxophonist released before getting jailed for possession of heroin. Come on, drug-influenced jazz has gotta be good, right? Sadly, the title, Bad Bossa Nova, is exactly what you get. I wouldn't even consider it Bossa Nova. It's more Latin-infused jazz. It does have a lackluster version of the Haitian classic, Yellow Bird & my favorite tune on the album, Moito Mato Grosso. The text on the back says it's based on a Brazilian tale of an elephant stomping on ants to create the Amazon river. It reminds me more of the Pink Panther theme though.
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