The Girl From Ipanema/Doralice/Pra Machuchar Meu Coracao/Desafinado/Corcavado/So Danco Samba/O Grande Amor/Vivo Sonhando
This collaboration between US jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto won a Grammy for best jazz album, staying in the US album chart for nearly two years. Contains the US No. 5 hit single The Girl from Ipanema, featuring vocals by Astrud Gilberto, which won a Grammy for best record. Considered to be one of the finest jazz albums ever released. (US:2)
"One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the over exposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. Getz/Gilberto 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."
"This album is bossa nova's finest moment. It contains the definitive version of one of the greatest hits in jazz music, The Girl From Ipanema." "I don't understand a word of the Portuguese but the music is as fresh today as it was back then. It continues to touch my soul, sooths me, lifts me, and bathes me in warmth and hope. It is light, whimsical, deep, and so very rhythmically balanced."
"The first time I listened to Getz/Gilberto I almost burst into tears, struck by its beauty and power. I was captivated, enthralled, I listened to it three times back to back to back. This is what musicians strive to accomplish, too often without success."
"Compare it to the bland, slick, superficial, and generally passionless music so often presented today, Getz/Gilberto reminds us that honest emotion, delivered with technical competence, is truly a work of art."
"Getz, possessor of the most beautiful tone in jazz is hard to top. His playing evokes several emotions while staying true to the music at all times. Joao Gilberto's guitar playing and singing were extremely influential, and his wife became a star with her effortless vocals on Girl From Ipanema and Corcovado. Jobim's sparse piano enhances the atmosphere of the album."
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