Blue Bossa
“Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham is a popular Boss Nova standard. It appeared on Joe Henderson’s album Page One (1963).
Listen to “Blue Bossa” on YouTube:
Blue Bossa Original Recording:
Blue Bossa Transcriptions:
- Blue Bossa Solo Transcription (Kenny Dorham Trumpet solo on Page One)
- Blue Bossa Solo Transcription (Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone solo on Bitin’ the Apple)
- Blue Bossa Solo Transcription (Dexter Gordon Tenor Saxophone solo on Bitin’ the Apple) – C & Bb
- Blue Bossa Solo Transcription (Bobby McFerrin vocal solo on Play)
- Blue Bossa Transcription (Pat Martino Guitar Solo on Cream)
- Blue Bossa Transcription (Joe Pass Guitar Solo on We’ll be Together Again)
- Blue Bossa Transcription (J.J. Johnson’s Trombone solo on We’ll be Together Again)
- Blue Bossa Transcription (Phil Woods Alto Saxophone solo on What Happens?)
Blue Bossa Play Alongs:
Blue Bossa Fake Books:
Blue Bossa Other Resources
- Blue Bossa Study Resources @Will Kriski Guitar
- Blue Bossa Analysis @ All About Jazz Forums
- Blue Bossa Harmony @ Talk Bass
- Analysis and Transcriptions (in Italian)
- Blue Bossa Guitar Lesson with chord diagrams @ GuitarKnowledgeNet