Artist: Stan Getz
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 14874

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 589414
UPC: 731458941422
EAN: 0731458941422
ASIN: B00005UVV5

Release Date: February 26, 2002
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Tracks:

•	Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
•	Desafinado-Instrumental Version
•	Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
•	The Girl From Ipanema
•	O Morro Nao Tem Vez
•	Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer)
•	One Note Samba-Instrumental Version
•	Eu E Voce (Me And You)
•	Desafinado-Vocal Version
•	Once Again (Outra Vez)
•	O Grande Amor
•	So Danco Samba
•	How Insensitive
•	One Note Samba-Vocal Version

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
When guitarist Charlie Byrd first introduced bossa nova to Stan Getz in 1962, the saxophonist gave the lilting Brazilian rhythm its perfect American voice. Getz's sinuous lines and piping tenor sax sound merged with the understated samba beat to create an irresistible blend of cool jazz and warm Latin sensibilities. This CD gives us bossa nova's greatest soloist playing the tunes of its greatest composer, culling every song by Antonio Carlos Jobim that Getz recorded for Verve between 1962 and 1964. The biggest hits are here, including "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Corcovado" with Joao and Astrud Gilberto's charming vocals, while "Desafinado" and "One Note Samba" appear in both the original instrumental versions with Charlie Byrd and later vocal recordings with the Brazilians. The surprises come with the lesser-known Jobim songs, like "O Morro Nao Tem Vez," a gently keening, minor theme accompanied here by a largely Brazilian band that includes Jobim and the superb guitarist Luiz Bonfa. Another is "Eu e Voce," with Getz soaring in a Carnegie Hall performance. Subtle differences abound in the way the different Brazilian and American groups approach the material, but it's all tied together by Jobim's scintillating melodies and Getz's gorgeous sound and inspired improvisations. --Stuart Broomer

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4 out of 5 stars

The Girl From Ipanema August 15, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I enjoy this CD so much. It's really mellow. I picture myself walking around little streets in Europe listening to this. I can't help but grin when I play it. It's a nice departure from a lot of stuff that's out these days.

5 out of 5 stars

This is it! August 18, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

What can I say? Stan Getz at his best. If you like Jazz, you gotta have it!

5 out of 5 stars

Safe and timely Stan Getz Bossa compilation February 11, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Thanks to chillout and lounge artists such as Thievery Corporation, over the past few years Bossa Nova has once more come to the forefront of our musical consciousness. So today, almost three years after its release, this compilation of Bossa Nova works by American sax player Stan Getz comes in more than handy: it comes in timely, to reinforce Bossa as a groove that was more than a plain elevator music fad that lasted only for 3 years of our collective lives, in the early sixties.

Bossa is a downbeat, sexy statement to relax to, in a couch or while standing sipping through a coffee. It is a way of seeing the world without taking it all too seriously, it is -in a way- a happy way of seeing the world, which we need so direly in these turbulent times. And Stan Getz, driven by Bossa's creator, Jobim, and accompanied by geniuses of the calliber of Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Charlie Byrd, Luis Bonfa, Gary Burton and many others, presents us here with a fairly comprehensive Verve compilation of some of Bossa's greatest moments, as lived (and conveyed) by Getz, for our enjoyment some 40 years after the fact, sounding just as fresh and upbeat.

5 out of 5 stars Great one-disc sampling of the whole Bossa Nova fad... August 30, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

The merger of cool American saxophone with sultry Brazilian folk sounds hit our shores in 1962, and was pretty much over by '65. While the craze was hot, it was everywhere. Now, 40 years later, it still pleases, especially because one never hears music like this on radio stations. Stan Getz was the USA's big champion of this style, and this CD takes selections from six of his vinyl LP's from the early '60's. Joining him are Antonio Carlos Jobim, composer, pianist and guitarist; singers Astrud and Joao Gilberto; vibraphonist Gary Burton and guitarist Jim Hall. All the biggest Bossa Nova hits are on here, in original versions. The mood is mostly mellow, but it's a happy hour overall. If you like jazz, and you don't have any of the original records sampled on this disc, don't be afraid to buy this. It is worth the price, by far.

5 out of 5 stars A perfect summer jazz album May 13, 2002
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

First impressions: The album is very "breathy" and sultry. They must have turned up the bass when they recorded it; even the tenor is more "breathy" than usual. Anyway, to simplify this, the bossa nova sound here has a sexy exuberance.

The liner notes are very thorough written by a guy named Neil Tesser from 'Jazziz Magazine' who is also a radio show host in Chicago. He includes a nice explanation as to how bossa nova came about and why it sounds so "laid back". (Basically a rebellion towards tango and bollero singers who were "projecting", their beautiful voices. Note how "projecting" is in quotation marks. Obviously a euphenism for shouting?)

What impressed me in the liner notes about Stan Getz is that he recorded five albums in a 13 month period whereas the bulk of these songs were culled.

The music contained herein is smooth, the vocals very casual, very summer. Lots of guitar, steamy vocals, Getz's breathy sax too. The recordings have a very high sound quality

The CD is 1 hour and 4 minutes long. It hs a retro cover with a 3/4 view looking down on Stan Getz playing his tenor sax in a white shirt, black pants, black shoes, while his sleeves are rolled up. Its both nerdy and charismatic at the same time.

I'm glad I own this. It's a safe buy from a grandmaster of bossa nova.

Tony