Product details
- Label Verve Records
- Artist Stan Getz
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2018
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Getz / Gilberto by Stan Getz.
Few records have shaped the sound of a genre as decisively as this collaboration, a meeting of jazz sophistication and Brazilian rhythm that helped bring bossa nova to a worldwide audience. From the very first bars, it announces itself as something warm, intimate, and unhurried, an album that trades flash for feeling and rewards the listener who leans in close.
Side A opens with "The Girl From Ipanema," one of the most recognizable pieces in the entire jazz canon. It is the kind of track that seems to slow time, its gentle sway and understated phrasing setting the tone for everything that follows. From there the record eases into "Doralice" and the tender "P'ra Machucar Meu Coração (To Hurt My Heart)," before "Desafinado" closes out the first half with its supple melody and knowing charm.
Turn the record over and the spell only deepens. "Corcovado" drifts in with quiet longing, followed by the brighter, more playful pulse of "Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba)." The closing pair, "O Grande Amor" and "Vivo Sonhando," carry the album out on a note of romantic reflection, leaving behind the sense that you have spent time somewhere sunlit and far away.
What makes this music endure is its restraint. Nothing is forced, nothing overplayed; the tenor saxophone breathes alongside the rhythm rather than dominating it, and the songs are allowed room to unfold at their own pace. It is an album built for repeated listening, revealing new textures and small conversational exchanges each time the needle drops.
This particular edition is a limited pressing that was sold originally only through The Sound Of Vinyl, making it a distinctive addition to any collection. For the collector who values both the music and the object, it represents a chance to own a landmark recording in a form that carries a story of its own.
Whether you are a longtime devotee of bossa nova or discovering these songs for the first time, this is a record that belongs on the shelf and, more importantly, on the turntable. Pour something slow, drop the needle, and let "The Girl From Ipanema" carry you into one of the great listening experiences in modern music.
Pressing Details:
Limited pressing sold [originally] only through The Sound Of Vinyl
Track Listing:
A1. The Girl From Ipanema
A2. Doralice
A3. P'ra Machucar Meu Coração (To Hurt My Heart)
A4. Desafinado
B1. Corcovado
B2. Só Danço Samba (Jazz Samba)
B3. O Grande Amor
B4. Vivo Sonhando
Artist: Stan Getz
Supporting Artists: João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Format: 1LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Verve Records
Catalog Number: 5355156
Release Year: 2018
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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