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Jazz Samba [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

~ Stan Getz, Stan Getz Charlie Byrd, Charlie Byrd
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  • Audio CD (25 May 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Verve
  • ASIN: B0000047CW
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,176 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Desafinado 5:52£0.69
Listen  2. Samba Dees Days 3:35£0.69
Listen  3. O Pato 2:33£0.69
Listen  4. Samba Triste 4:47£0.69
Listen  5. Samba De Uma Nota So 6:12£0.69
Listen  6. E Luxo So 3:43£0.69
Listen  7. Bahia 6:48£0.69
Listen  8. Desafinado 2:00£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review

This is the album that launched the samba craze in the United States in the early 1960s and thus was responsible for the bossa nova appearing in any movie scene that required an atmosphere of fun and cocktails. Not that one should blame either Stan Getz or Charlie Byrd for the appearance of lazy directors or indeed lazy musicians who took up the craze. For Jazz Samba rollocks along with Getz's tenor and Byrd's guitar and if it in truth isn't exactly Latin music then, frankly, who cares? It swings. It includes "Desafinado", which in a shortened form was a big hit at the time, but was improved upon a year later when Getz recruited an unknown singer called Astrud Gilberto to record "A Girl From Ipanema" (available on Getz/Gilberto). That was in the then future, in 1963 Jazz Samba shuffled along into a nation's hearts and their dancing shoes. --Phil Brett


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The album that launched Jobim's now classic "Desafinado" Jazz Samba was released in 1962, in the early days of America's bossa nova craze and before the music lost its charm to cliche. Joined by fellow Latin jazz pioneer Charlie Byrd on classical guitar, and a discreet bass and drums team, tenor saxophonist Getz makes light and elegant music out of a collection of catchy bossas and sambas. His virtuosity, bluesy drive and smooth, soft tone make the music cook like bossa jazzrarely has since. There are still enough surprises to make this record more than just a period piece, and it stands as a fine example of Getz's lyrical genius.

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Im not sure if its jazz, but by god its good!, 22 Sep 2005
By Mr. J. R. Bell "j30bell" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions however (a sultry summer evening, a cool glass of Cachaca in a quiet bar, or a bout of introspection on tumultuous passions of life) it leaps out and grabs you and won't let go.

Bolstered by his success in the pop charts, Getz went on to make a number of samba LPs, including the now famous Getz/Giberto in 1964, which featured Joao Gilberto on guitar, Antonio Jobim on piano and the raw vocal talent of Astrud Gilberto (famous now for The Girl From Ipanema). This work was possibly more pop than jazz and, while still excellent, it does not grab me quite like the original.

Whether the Getz/Byrd is jazz or not is also open to question, but by god it sure is good!

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars All Time Samba Classic, 26 Aug 2003
By Mr. C. W. Smith "karyobin@hotmail.com" - See all my reviews
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This is the LP that launched a thousand samba's, No1 in the pop charts, a feat that I belive has not been bettered by a Jazz LP since, this was the sound of the Brazilian New Wave and opened the worlds ears to the Jobim / Gilberto sound, is there anything quite as bright and breezy as the intro to Desafinado Getz full buttery tone and Byrd's softly singing strings just scream summer.
Buy it and feel the heat
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars simply bliss!, 9 Jul 2000
By marcusjohners@hotmail.com (birmingham, england) - See all my reviews
i first heard this album in a cafe bar in malaysia. i was immediately taken with it's mellow tunes. on returning to england i immediately sort out the album and everytime i hear it now it just puts me in the mellowest of moods. i'm sure that anyone else who discovers this album will whole heartidly agree. what a great album, if anyone knows any other albums similiar to this then be sure to let me know. enjoy
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One of my all time favourite albums. Beautiful. Subtle sax playing; wonderful rhythms; good tunes too!
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