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Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz and Gilberto

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz and Gilberto

Speakers Corner (Verve)

Jazz


180 Gram LP  

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Two names spring to mind upon hearing the words jazz and samba , namely those of Stan Getz and João Gilberto. But really one should be thinking of Antonio Carlos Jobim, who, with his composition from 1958 Chega de saudade, first created the type of Brazilian samba that is known today as bossa nova. It was with one of Jobim’s songs, Desafinado, that the bossa nova began its triumphant conquest of the USA. In 1962, Stan Getz made the work widely known when he recorded the number, together with Charlie Byrd, on his album Jazz Samba. It was this recording, along with Focus (1961), which was responsible for Getz’s definitive comeback in the USA at that same time. Jazz Samba opened the floodgates to a new musical vogue, and although cool jazz had been swept aside by hard bop, the reserved and melancholy touch of Getz’s style once again became all the rage. It is really not at all surprising, therefore, that the album Getz/Gilberto, recorded in March 1963 for the Verve label, was a winner right from the very start, bringing together as it did the two godfathers of samba Jobim and Gilberto with their American brother Getz. This music is like a pleasantly warm bath whose water is perfumed with essential oil, or like a mild summer night bathed in golden moonlight. The songs, all of them now classics in their own right, are filled with the joy of life, peace and harmony.
1.   The Girl from Ipanema
2.   Doralice
3.   P'ra Muchucar
4.   Desafinado
5.   Corcovado
6.   So Dance Samba
7.   O Grande Amor
8.   Vivio Sonhando
Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 5 person(s) rated this product.

If marooned this will be the one album I'll take with me

posted on 08/18/2009
5 Stars
Reviewer: Doron
This is one breakthrough album that personally, no matter how many times I listen to it, I never, ever get tired of it. Astrud Gilberto's Voice is nothing short of intoxicating and overall this is a genius piece and one of the best Jazz albums of all times. The recording is not perfect - some clipping of the mic on Corcovado (Quite nights of quiet starts) some over amplification of the bass but you know what? these are minor unobtrusive issues and can be easily forgiven given the wonderful music and the overall quality of both the piece and the recording.

I cannot recommend this enough.


Outstanding!!!!

posted on 01/15/2008
5 Stars
Reviewer: vag
Amazing music, amazing sound!!! ENJOY!!!!


Excellent sound!

posted on 11/01/2007
5 Stars
This is the best mastering I've heard for this LP. The original stereo and mono versions sound muddy and dark. This is the real deal!


Best album ever recorded?

posted on 02/14/2006
5 Stars
I have a 500 record album collection of rock, classical, jazz and blues. My original album of Getz/Gilberto purchased around 1965, remains today, simply my favorite album of all time.


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