Stan Getz Music

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

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

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.

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.

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.

What can I say? Except, after we are all dead and buried somewhere, someone, will be listening to this immortal recording. Salud to Jobim and Getz, who have passed. And how satisfying to know that Joao and Astrud are still on this planet. Even when they are not, we (including those as yet to be born) will have this record of who they were.

What can I say? Except, after we are all dead and buried somewhere, someone, will be listening to this immortal recording. Salud to Jobim and Getz, who have passed. And how satisfying to know that Joao and Astrud are still on this planet. Even when they are not, we (including those as yet to be born) will have this record of who they were.

This mini-lp sleeve version of this Jazz classic is the best version that's out there at the moment. The remastering job is quite good and so the sound quality is decent. We also get both the English and Japanese lyrics thrown in as an insert. The cardboard packaging which is a replica of the original vinyl sleeve is also a work of art. While the strength of "Girl From Ipanema" alone would carry this album, we also get "So Danco Samba" and a version of "Desafinado" here which is good but not as great as the brilliant version with that unforgetable Getz solo on the "Jazz Samba" album which although not as commercially successful as this album, is still overall the stronger album. Still, there is no denying the great impact this album has had on jazz and on bringing the whole samba genre onto the world map that this is still essential listening for fans of jazz and indeed for any fan of music in general. Recommended.

The quintessential Latin/Jazz recording by the two Brazilians that launched the Bossa Nova movement. Recorded March 18th and 19th, 1963 in New York City by Phil Ramone, this disc features the classic Portuguese-English version of "The Girl From Ipanema" with vocals by the lovely and talented Astrud Gilberto. A must have for every Jazz collection.