Name: Getz / Gilberto
Brand: Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DOL1013HG

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Colour

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Discogs ID

[r12039312]

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

889397310134

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/getz-gilberto-mw0000649528">Getz/Gilberto</a> trumped <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-samba-mw0000594010">Jazz Samba</a> by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators -- guitarist/singer <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jo%C3%A3o-gilberto-mn0000785283">João Gilberto</a> and composer/pianist <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/antonio-carlos-jobim-mn0000781837">Antonio Carlos Jobim</a> -- to New York to record with <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stan-getz-mn0000742899">Stan Getz</a>. The results were magic. Ever since <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-samba-mw0000594010">Jazz Samba</a>, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/getz-gilberto-mw0000649528">Getz/Gilberto</a> made bossa nova a permanent part of the jazz landscape not just with its unassailable beauty, but with one of the biggest smash hit singles in jazz history -- "The Girl From Ipanema," a <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jobim-mn0000781837">Jobim</a>classic sung by <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jo%C3%A3o-mn0000785283">João</a>'s wife, <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/astrud-gilberto-mn0000931086">Astrud Gilberto</a>, who had never performed outside of her own home prior to the recording session. Beyond that, most of the <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jobim-mn0000781837">Jobim</a> songs recorded here also became standards of the genre -- "Corcovado" (which featured another vocal by <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/astrud-mn0000931086">Astrud</a>), "So Danço Samba," "O Grande Amor," a new version of "Desafinado." With such uniformly brilliant material, it's no wonder the album was such a success but, even apart from that, the musicians all play with an effortless grace that's arguably the fullest expression of bossa nova's dreamy romanticism ever brought to American listeners. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/getz-mn0000742899">Getz</a> himself has never been more lyrical, and <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gilberto-mn0000931086">Gilberto</a> and <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jobim-mn0000781837">Jobim</a> pull off the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of the songs with a warm, relaxed charm. This music has nearly universal appeal; it's one of those rare jazz records about which the purist elite and the buying public are in total agreement. Beyond essential. 

Getz / Gilberto

Music GB