Double Zero Orchestra - Bossa Chill – Bossa Jazz Lounge, Vol. 1 (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Call me nostalgic. Whenever I think of Zero, my mind cogitates on a particular evening in Santa Margarita, a small mountain town just thirty minutes from San Luis Obispo. While I had never heard Zero, my patrons that evening were beyond ficionados, potentially into the psychologically problematic area of "obsessive."
Like most who first heard Zero, Steve Kimock's mellifluous runs were riveting and the most patent quality of the music. But upon further listening, the band's setlists became somewhat intriguing. For a childhood jazz fan, a group with the knowledge of jazz theory to the point of covering Eddie Harris or Mongo Santamaria, much less their own jazz-fusion originals, somewhat obviated my stubborn opinions of jambands.
Sadly for most East Coast fans, Zero's talents never became conspicuous. They never rose to the exalted place many fans envisioned, despite Robert Hunter's lyrical help. Too often their releases were mired in off-kilter vocals, egregious rrangements and arguably poorly written songs. Even worse, live CDs regularly featured truncated performances, while also
containing banal covers simply to fit into the 70-minute format. Bootlegs which could convey the band's talents and abilities, never quite traversed the American terrain with the celerity of current jambands; likely an aspect which would be remedied with our nation's current technological growth which has made tape trees a far more flaccid process.

TRACKLIST

1. Double Zero Orchestra - Bossa do Coração
2. Double Zero Orchestra - Noite em Ipanema
3. Double Zero Orchestra - Primeiro Amor
4. Double Zero Orchestra - Brisa do Amor
5. Double Zero Orchestra - Melancolia ao Mar
6. Double Zero Orchestra - Bossa do Amor Perdido
7. Double Zero Orchestra - Saudade do Brasil
8. Double Zero Orchestra - Amor em Bossa
9. Double Zero Orchestra - Bossa Só pra Nós
10. Double Zero Orchestra - Pensamento Suave
11. Double Zero Orchestra - Bossa das Lembranças
12. Double Zero Orchestra - Saudade de Nós
13. Double Zero Orchestra - Encontro à Beira-Mar
14. Double Zero Orchestra - Tarde de Quietude
15. Double Zero Orchestra - Sozinha em Paz



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