The album Bossa Alegre is a selection of arrangements based on existing music but written to be in the style of the bossa nova genre. The original music that the songs are based off of is of varying genres; The album can be listened to on Spotify. Here is a list of some of my favourites.
| Album Song | Original Song | Original Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 君をのせて (Carrying you)* | 君をのせて | 沢田研二 (Kenji Sawada) |
| A列車で行こう (Let’s go by the A train) | Take The “A” Train | Duke Ellington |
| シーサイド・バウンド (Seaside Bound) | シーサイド・バウンド | ザ・タイガース (The Tigers) |
| ソバカスのある少女 (Girl with freckles) | ソバカスのある少女 | ティン・パン・アレー (Tin Pan Alley) |
*This song should not be confused with Joe Hisaishi’s Kimi wo nosete from Castle in the Sky.
The original album has 10 songs in total, but these are certainly my favourites.The original songs are brilliant in their own right, but the transformation of these songs into a different genre, while keeping the essence of the original song, is wonderful.