The New Stan Getz Quartet - Getz Au Go Go

Acoustic Sounds Series reissues from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises

Monthly releases highlighting the world's most historic and best jazz records!

Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original master tape

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jackets

Series supervised by Chad Kassem CEO of Acoustic Sounds

"Though the New Stan Getz Quartet's 1964 live album Getz Au Go Go may feel a tad fluffy and dated today, it didn't merely capitalize on the bossa nova craze that Getz helped ignite; it actively pushed it in new directions. Due in part to the caliber of musicianship on display, these performances remain strong and charismatic... the new @ververecords / @vinyl_lives reissue sounds exceedingly pleasant-full-bodied, cozy, and enveloping." — Music = 7/11; Sound 9/11 — Morgan Enos, TrackingAngle.com, March 19, 2025. Read the entire review here.

Recorded in 1964 during two concerts at the venerable Greenwich Village venue, Café Au Go Go, two months after
Astrud Gilberto's "Girl From Ipanema" became a Top 5 pop single. The focus of these sets, however, moved away
from the Brazilian flavored fare, bringing Gilberto into the realm of a decidedly more North American style.

The band features a young Gary Burton (vibraphone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Gene Cherico (bass), and Joe Hunt (drums). There are a few personnel substitutions, with Helcio Milito (drums) and Chuck Israels (bass), respectively, filling in. Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.

 

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Ratings from Morgan Enos @ trackingangle.com

Disc: 1

1. Corcovado

2. It Might As Well Be Spring

3. Eu E Voce

4. Summertime

5. 6-Nix-Pix-Flix

Disc: 2

1. Only Trust Your Heart

2. The Singing Song

3. The Telephone Song

4. One Note Samba

5. Here's That Rainy Day

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