Getz/Gilberto

Love cool jazz and this romantic CD has been a pleasure for us and has made a few evenings in front of the fireplace very memorable indeed! Thanks.

One of the most melodic and appealing of jazz albums. Getz, Joao Gilberto, and Astrud Gilberto make for a formidable and winning team. Pure pleasure.

The CD is like listening to the record - which I purchased in 1963 when it was first issued and still have in mint condition! Excellent. It is important for any Bossa Nova collector to have this CD - it was the first we ever heard "The Girl from Ipenema." It was awesome to our young virgin ears in those days. Getz/Gilberto combo showed the masses what enjoyment there was in this type of music. Buy this and never let it go!!

This is creamy, melt in your mouth music from the pulsating origins of the Brazilian Bossa Nova. The irony at the time is that tenorman Getz was accused of `selling his soul' when Desafinado came out, and got a lot of heat from some of his "fans" when it became a big hit. Said Getz: "I remember being assailed by the wife of a famous trombonist after receiving eight Grammies for a record that I thought was just beautiful. She screamed, 'you turncoat, you went commercial.' I thought the Bossa Nova music was just beautiful music."

Call it destiny in motion, because the blend of Getz and the voice of Gilberto was made in heaven for his lyrical sound and his improvisational genius. No one could play these types of subtle but complex chord changes like Getz - the kind of sounds I feel he was born to play and is very difficult to do well.

A friend of mine happened to play this album for me a few days ago and we were stunned into silence by its enduring lyricism and subtle gentility, not to mention its beauty of soul combined with the poetry of the sensuous Portuguese language... sigh... I get shudders... And maybe I'm too far gone on this recording, but this kind of music seems to portray the innocent, positive romanticism that's possible between man and woman... the sand and the sea... and keeps one young in spirit...

I never get tired of playing this. The selections are great and even though I live alone I have to dance to some of it!! Just the best.