Version of One Note Samba (lyrics, singer, instrumental, cds)

[rlrl]

Back in May 1992 when I was a big jazz fan I was going to a Memorial Day Party and on New York's CD101.9 ("Smooth jazz" station) was a fine fine version of One Note Samba. It was very catchy and memorable. A great repeating riff yiou never get tired of

About 12 years later someone on a music chat board was convinced he had the right version, taped it and sent it to me but it wasn't the one.

I know there must be hundreds of versions of One Note Samba

Any idea which version I heard in 1992, maybe it was a group that was popular then?

[hilgi]

Go here, search by song, they give you 30 second snips of most versions. Last.fm - Listen to free music with internet radio and the largest music catalogue online

Also try that on youtube.

[WestWillow]

This may not be the one you're searching for. It is my favorite version:

Antonio Carlos Jobim - "Samba de Uma Nota So (One Note Samba)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaTOt-QO-es

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by rlrl

Back in May 1992 when I was a big jazz fan I was going to a Memorial Day Party and on New York's CD101.9 ("Smooth jazz" station) was a fine fine version of One Note Samba. It was very catchy and memorable. A great repeating riff yiou never get tired of

About 12 years later someone on a music chat board was convinced he had the right version, taped it and sent it to me but it wasn't the one.

I know there must be hundreds of versions of One Note Samba

Any idea which version I heard in 1992, maybe it was a group that was popular then?

Not sure that's really enough to go on. Was the singer male or female? Or was it an instrumental rendition? Any idea on the instruments used in it?

Here's Wikipedia's page on the song. They don't list anything for 1992 though.

One Note Samba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's "Allmusic."

Track Search: One Note Samba | AllMusic (http://www.allmusic.com/search/track/One+Note+Samba/order:default-asc - broken link)

Doing a quick look they list Charlie Byrd and the Modern Jazz Quartet as having CDs with it around 1991. The one for Charlie Byrd allows you a brief test listen.

The Bossa Nova Years - Charlie Byrd Trio | AllMusic

[rlrl]

it was a woman's voice, lots of "One Note Samba..." from the singer, bossa Nova arrangement but fused with a modern smooth jazz sheen

[Thomas R.]

Hmm probably not those two then. I might do more searching on this.

[Gottasay]

Here's what I found when I googled it in Portuguese...

Myspace Player

[hilgi]

Originally Posted by rlrl

it was a woman's voice, lots of "One Note Samba..." from the singer, bossa Nova arrangement but fused with a modern smooth jazz sheen

In english? Did you try the last.fm search?

if not try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sc3Xx64WGE

[rlrl]

Gilberto as in hilgi's link and the woman's voice sounded like Astrud's but I think it was in English and she kept saying "One Note Samba" repeatedly I don't even know the normal lyrics to the tune.

the tune is automatically catchy no matter who is doing the song but believe me, this version i heard in 1992 was really stick to the ears catchy

[hilgi]

Originally Posted by rlrl

Gilberto as in hilgi's link and the woman's voice sounded like Astrud's but I think it was in English and she kept saying "One Note Samba" repeatedly I don't even know the normal lyrics to the tune.

the tune is automatically catchy no matter who is doing the song but believe me, this version i heard in 1992 was really stick to the ears catchy

Hmmm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEyZSbmVoxM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13w4fQYGf0