Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

• Super High Material CD WITH OBI

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

In 1964, with the album present in nearly every household in America, selections such as The Girl From Ipanema and Desafinado shot up the charts as the jazz/samba or bossa-nova craze went from fad to phenomenon. Tenor-man Stan Getz, with his velvety breathy tone, had already established his jazz credentials as a member of the 'Four Brothers' sax section with Woody Herman, and then by fronting classic quartet and quintets on recordings for Roost and Clef.

Astrud Gilberto says that her husband, Joao, informed Stan Getz that she "could sing at the recording." Creed Taylor recalls that it took Getz's wife, Monica, to get both Astrud and Joao into the recording studio; Mrs. Getz had a sense that Astrud could make a hit. And Getz himself is on record saying that he insisted on Astrud's presence over the others' objections. So who's right? What does it matter? The Gilbertos, Getz and the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim followed up the bossa nova success of Jazz Samba with this, the defining LP of the genre. With one of the greatest hit singles jazz has ever known - each one who hears it goes "Ahhh!"

PERSONNEL:

• Stan Getz - (tenor saxophone)
• Joao Gilberto - (guitar, vocals)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim - (piano)
• Tommy William - (bass)
• Milton Banana - (drums)
• Astrud Gilberto - (vocals)

TRACKS:

• 01. The Girl From Ipanema
• 02. Doralice
• 03. P'ra Muchucar Meu Coracao
• 04. Desafinado
• 05. Corcovado
• 06. So Danco Samba
• 07. O Grande Amor
• 08. Vivo Sonhando