Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (LP)

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Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (LP)

1964 Album Reissued On Vinyl LP

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 447/500

Originally released in March 1964, this collaboration between saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist João Gilberto came at seemingly the end of the bossa nova craze Getz himself had sparked in 1962 with Jazz Samba, his release with American guitarist Charlie Byrd. Jazz Samba remains the only jazz album to reach number one in the pop charts. In fact, the story goes that Getz had to push for the release of Getz/Gilberto since the company did not want to compete with its own hit; it was a good thing he did. Getz/Gilberto, which featured composer Antonio Carlos Jobim on piano, not only yielded the hit "Girl from Ipanema" (sung by Astrud Gilberto, the guitarist's wife, who had no professional experience) but also "Corcovado" ("Quiet Night")--an instant standard, and the definitive version of "Desafinado." Getz/Gilberto spent 96 weeks in the charts and won four Grammys. It remains one of those rare cases in popular music where commercial success matches artistic merit. Bossa nova's "cool" aesthetic--with its understated rhythms, rich harmonies, and slightly detached delivery--had been influenced, in part, by cool jazz. Gilberto in particular was a Stan Getz fan. Getz, with his lyricism, the bittersweet longing in his sound, and his restrained but strong swing, was the perfect fit. His lines, at once decisive and evanescent, focus the rest of the group's performance without overpowering.

Musicians:
Stan Getz, tenor sax
Antonio Carlos Jobin, piano
Joao Gilberto, guitar & vocals
Tommy Williams, bass
Milton Banana, drums
Astrud Gilberto, vocals

Track Listing:                                                                                                                 Side A:
1. The Girl From Ipanema
2. Doralice
3. Para Machucar Meu Coracao
4. Desafinado

Side B:
5. Corcovado
6. So Danco Samba
7. O Grande Amor
8. Vivi Sohando

 

 

Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Verve Label Group
Catalog No: 1000100396
Barcode: 0600753551561
Genre: Jazz
No of Discs: 1
Release Date: 5/13/2016

 

UPC:  600753551561