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Stan
Getz, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim- Getz/Gilberto
May
20, 1997
Original Release Date: 1963
1. Girl From Ipanema, The
2. Doralice
3. Para Machuchar Meu Coracao
4. Desafinado
5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
6. So Danco Samba
7. O Grande Amor
8. Vivo Sonhando
9. Girl From Opanema, The - (45rpm edit)
10. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - (45rpm
edit)
Review
I
love this album 'cuz I love Brazilian women. I love
every girl from Ipanema. I love every girl from Rio
de Janeiro just like I love every girl from Paris. I
love this album simply because it's great, even flawless.
Once again, good jazz doesn't have to be showy or complicated.
Simple jazz makes good jazz. Stan Getz is exceptional
on the sax; the sax makes Brazilian jazz so sexy. (It
puts you to the beach observing Brazilian women with
bikinis.) Gilberto is quite leisurely on the guitar.
Listen to the pleasant sounds on "So Danco Samba" and
"Desafinado." Jobim can play the piano well; no scene-stealing
performance but a perfect division of labor. Not to
mention Astrud Gilberto's melancholy voice on "The Girl
from Ipanema," "Desafinado," and "Quiet Nights, Quiet
Stars." She sang those while having a cold. This is
a phenomenon album of Samba jazz. Nothing that came
out after this album could compete with it. It's simply
the best.
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