Stan Getz’s incomparable career includes such landmarks as the bossa nova blockbusterGetz/Gilberto, and stellar collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Charlie Byrd, and Lionel Hampton. Beyond being one of the best-selling jazz albums of all-time,Getz/Gilbertoalso represents the crowning achievement of bossa nova. The illustrious coming together of American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist/singer Joo Gilberto, alongside composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim, was a watershed moment that brought the cool jazz, elegant sambas and the exotic flavours of Rio De Janeiro into the mainstream.

Recorded in 1964 during two concerts in the venerable Greenwich Village venue, the Caf Au Go Go, two months after Astrud Gilberto’s “Girl From Ipanema” became a Top Five pop single. However, the focus of these sets moved away from the Brazilian flavored fare, bringing Gilberto into the realm of a decidedly more North American style.The band features a young Gary Burton (vibraphone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Gene Cherico (bass), and Joe Hunt (drums). There are a few personnel substitutions, with Helcio Milito (drums) and Chuck Israels (bass), respectively, filling in. via Label

Label: Verve Records
Series: Acoustic Sounds Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g, Gatefold
Reissued: 2025 / Original Release: 1964
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz

File under: Audiophile Jazz