Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - Jazz Samba Encore!

 

Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa — Jazz Samba Encore!

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 analog 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

"This 1963 session offers a distinct and often more intimate perspective on the Brazilian idiom ... the new Acoustic Sounds Verve Jazz Series reissue, mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab using tube equipment offers sound that is richer and more relaxed, with the brightness of the earlier pressing replaced by a warmer, more natural tonal character. Bonfá's guitar is especially well served here: its picking is clearer, yet without emphasizing detail for its own sake, and the instrument is rendered with greater body, warmth, and resonance. Cymbals, which can sound slightly metallic on the Japanese pressing, take on a more natural shimmer and decay, with a convincing sense of air and extension. The low end is also notably improved. ... This reissue not only presents the recording at its best, but underscores the quiet strengths that have always been part of it." —  Read Scott Wilson's full review at https://tinyurl.com/yr685bpw and watch the YouTube video for more.

A jewel of the bossa nova wave, Jazz Samba Encore! reunites tenor saxophone master Stan Getz with guitarist-composer Luiz Bonfá for a follow-up worthy of the original Jazz Samba phenomenon. Released in 1963 on Verve, this lush, irresistibly melodic set deepens the partnership between American jazz sophistication and Brazilian lyricism.

Joined by Antônio Carlos Jobim and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife, Getz and Bonfá craft an intimate, slow-burning collection of Brazilian standards and fresh compositions. Tracks such as "Sambalero" and "Insensatez" radiate with warm, understated grooves — the kind of spacious, sunlit arrangements that helped make bossa nova a global sensation.

 

Side A

1. Sambalero

2. So Dance Samba

3. Insensatez

4. O Morro Nao Tem Vez

5. Samba De Duas Notas (Two Note Samba)

Side B

1. Menina Flor

2. Mania De Maria

3. Saudade Vem Correndo

4. Um Abraco No Getz (A Tribute To Getz)

5. Ebony Samba

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