STAN GETZ / JOAO GILBERTO ft. ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - Getz/-Giberto (1963-2018) RM / UHQCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators -- guitarist/singer João Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim -- to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure 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 -- "The Girl From Ipanema," a Jobim classic sung by João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, who had never performed outside of her own home prior to the recording session. Beyond that, most of the Jobim songs recorded here also became standards of the genre -- "Corcovado" (which featured another vocal by Astrud), "So Danço Samba," "O Grande Amor," a new version of "Desafinado." With such uniformly brilliant material, it's no wonder the album was such a success but, even apart from that, the musicians all play with an effortless grace that's arguably the fullest expression of bossa nova's dreamy romanticism ever brought to American listeners. Getz himself has never been more lyrical, and Gilberto and Jobim pull off the harmonic and rhythmic sophistication of the songs with a warm, relaxed charm. This music has nearly universal appeal; it's one of those rare jazz records about which the purist elite and the buying public are in total agreement. Beyond essential. by Steve Huey
Tracklist:
1. Girl From Ipanema 5:17
Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
2. Doralice 2:48
Antonio Almeida
3. Para Machuchar Meu Coracão 5:09
Ary Barroso
4. Desafinado 4:09
Antônio Carlos Jobim
5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) 4:18
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Gene Lees
6. So Danço Samba 3:34
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
7. O Grande Amor 5:30
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
8. Vivo Soñando (Dreamer).2:54
Antônio Carlos Jobim  
Credits:
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Piano
Astrud Gilberto - Vocals
Joao Gilberto - Vocals, Guitar
Milton Banana - Drums
Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone
Tommy Williams - Bass

ASTRUD GILBERTO - The Shadow of Your Smile [1965] VERVE / FLAC

 For her second Verve LP, Astrud Gilberto expanded her range from a raft of Gilberto/Jobim standards to embrace the large and obviously daunting catalogue of classic American pop. With arrangements by Don Sebesky and Claus Ogerman (as well as two by country-mate João Donato), The Shadow of Your Smile can't help but shine a bright spotlight on Gilberto's weak voice, especially when she's singing material previously enlightened by singers with the weight of Frank Sinatra or Sarah Vaughan. Even the intimate, understated arrangements on songs like "Day by Day," the title track, and "Fly Me to the Moon" overshadow the chanteuse's limited range. Brazilian material like the five songs by Luiz Bonfá make for better listening, though the preponderance of flutes, strings, and muted trumpet in the arrangements is very mid-'60s, for better and worse. (And the notes' description of "O Ganso" as an "exercise in vocalise based on bah and dah sounds" is being more than generous.) Certainly, no American vocalist could hope to equal the tortured syntax and somehow endearing performances on these songs; still, Verve did much better by Gilberto later on when they gave her good-time Brazilian songs to sing and didn't attempt to force comparison with standard jazz/pop vocalists.  by John Bush   
Tracklist
1 The Shadow of Your Smile 2:31
Johnny Mandel / Paul Francis Webster
2 Aruanda (Take Me to Aruanda) 2:30
Norman Gimbel
3 Manhã de Carnival 1:57
Antônio Maria
4 Fly Me to the Moon 2:22
Bart Howard
5 The Gentle Rain 2:26
Luiz Bonfá
6 Non-Stop to Brazil 2:27
Luiz Bonfá / Norman Gimbel
7 O Ganso 2:09
Luiz Bonfá
8 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 2:10
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley
9 Day by Day 2:09
Sammy Cahn / Axel Stordahl / Paul Weston
10 Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness) 2:23
Luiz Bonfá / Maria Toledo
11    Funny World 2:24
Alan Brandt
Credits
Arranged By, Conductor – Claus Ogerman (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 11), Don Sebesky (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6), João Donato (tracks: 7)
Engineer – Bob Simpson, Phil Ramone, Rudy Van Gelder
Producer – Creed Taylor
Trombone – Kai Winding (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6), Urbie Green (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 11)
Valve Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 10)
Vocals – Astrud Gilberto

ASTRUD GILBERTO - The Shadow of Your Smile 

[1965] VERVE / FLAC / scans

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ASTRUD GILBERTO – I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do (1969) LP | 24bits-192Hz | FLAC (tracks), lossless

With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach, whose "Trains and Boats and Planes" is beautifully rendered here. In the liner notes Gilberto dubs it "my fireplace album," and indeed the record is immediately warm and comforting, despite the melancholy that colors all of the selections. Albert Gorgoni's arrangements are sumptuously romantic, perfectly complementing the simple, poignant vocals. Mistakenly considered a minor entry in the Gilberto canon, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is instead a minor masterpiece. Each song is ideally suited to her distinctive style and the disc as a whole maintains a consistency of mood and feeling largely unmatched in her catalog. Jason Ankeny

Tracklist  :
A1 I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do 2:55
Written-By – Pockriss, Vance
A2 Didn't We? 2:52
Written-By – Webb
A3 Wailing Of The Willow 2:11
Written-By – Nilsson
A4 Where's The Love 2:18
Written-By – Weinstein, Legrand
A5 The Sea Is My Soil (I Remember When) 3:27
Written-By – Caymmi, Motta
Written-By, Lyrics By [English] – Udell
B1 Trains And Boats And Planes 2:46
Written-By – Bacharach-David
B2 World Stop Turning 2:14
Written-By – Charlap, Udell
B3 Without Him 4:30
Written-By – Nilsson
B4 Wee Small Hours 2:15
Written-By – Hilliard, Mann
B5 If (The Biggest Little Word) 2:34
Written-By – Sherman, Udell
Credits
Arranged By, Conductor – Albert Gorgoni
Bass – George Duvivier, Richard Davis
Bass Trombone – Alan Rath
Cello – Maurice Bialkin, Seymour Barab
Drums – Gary Chester
Guitar – Albert Gorgoni, Sam Brown
Harp – Eugene Bianco
Keyboards – Frank Owens, Paul Griffin, Stan Free
Percussion – Airto Moreira, David Carey, George Devens, Joe Venuto
Saxophone – Art Kaplan
Trombone – Mickey Gravine, Tony Studd, Wayne André
Trumpet – Burt Collins, John Glasel, Irvin Markowitz
Viola – David Saxon, Seymour Berman
Violin – Ben Blumenreich, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Joe Haber, Lewis Eley, Lew Haber, Louis Stone, Matthew Raimondi, Tosha Samaroff
Vocals – Astrud Gilberto