JAZZ SAMBA/180g Orange Vinyl

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With: Stan Getz (tenor sax), Charlie Byrd (guitar), Gene Byrd (guitar & bass), among others.
If the connections between jazz and Brazilian music are plentiful these days, it should not be forgotten that it is this album that inaugurated the fruitful meeting between jazz and bossa nova, of which Stan Getz fell in love upon discovering it with the records of guitarist, singer, and composer João Gilberto. The marriage of simple and memorable melodies with the refined harmonies of this music has everything to please him. Above all, the warm, languorous, and creamy sound of the saxophonist, who fascinated his peers so much – he is nicknamed "The Sound" – seems as natural in this music as that of a Brazilian singer. While it is in the company of American guitarist Charlie Byrd that he recorded "Jazz Samba," it is only the first of a long series of albums through which Stan Getz would show that jazz and Brazilian music had much to say to each other. A year later, he entered the studio for a summit meeting with João Gilberto, who had become one of the references of this irresistible crossover.