Description
One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators -- guitarist/singer Jo?o Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim -- to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. Getz/Gilberto made bossa nova a permanent part of the jazz landscape not just with its unassailable beauty, but with one of the biggest smash hit singles in jazz history -- "The Girl from Ipanema," a Jobim classic sung by Jo?o's wife, Astrud Gilberto, who had never performed outside of her own home prior to the recording session. Beyond that, most of the Jobim songs recorded here also became standards of the genre: "Corcovado" (which featured another vocal by Astrud), "So Dan?o Samba," "O Grande Amor," and a new version of "Desafinado." With such uniformly brilliant material, it's no wonder the album was such a success but, even apart from that, the musicians all play with an effortless grace that's arguably the fullest expression of bossa nova's dreamy romanticism ever brought to American listeners. Getz himself has never been more lyrical, and Gilberto and Jobim pull off the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of the songs with a warm, relaxed charm. This music has nearly universal appeal; it's one of those rare jazz records about which the purist elite and the buying public are in total agreement. Beyond essential. [This edition of the album is presented in SACD format.] Steve Huey.
Product Details
- Artist
- Stan Getz
- Contributing Artists
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #1819
- Label / Studio
- VERVE
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Media Format
- Super Audio CD (SACD)
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #1483
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Girl from Ipanema
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Una Cierte Sonrisa - (With Amado 'Guapacha' Borcela)
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Para Machuchar Meu Cora??O (To Hurt My Heart)
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Desafinado (Off Key)
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Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
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So Dan?O Samba (I Only Dance Samba)
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O Grande Amor
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Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer)
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Girl from Ipanema [45 RPM Reissue]
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Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) [45 RPM Reissue]
