Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto / João Gilberto – "Autour De Minuit" Import

Description: Stan Getz: Stan Getz (born Feb. 2, 1927, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died June 6, 1991, Malibu, Calif.) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, perhaps the best-known musician of jazz’s “cool school,” noted for his mellow, lush tone. Getz began studying the saxophone at age 13 and made his professional debut at 15. He played with the bands of Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman, and he made some recordings under his own name in 1946. Getz’s breakthrough came the following year, when he was hired for Woody Herman’s Second Herd orchestra. As a member of an unusual sax section—three tenors and a baritone—Getz was one of the Herman band’s “Four Brothers,” who specialized in cool-toned modern jazz. Noted Getz solos during his tenure with Herman include his turn on the song “Four Brothers” (1947) and, especially, his celebrated performance of “Early Autumn” (1948). His tone was featherlight, vibratoless, and pure and showed the influence of his idol, Lester Young. Within a few years, Getz would perfect his own somewhat detached style, the cool jazz characteristic of the West Coast jazz movement, in which overt emotionalism was held in check. For the next few years, Getz led quartets and quintets that featured such discoveries as pianist Horace Silver, guitarist Jimmy Raney, and trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. Getz was also prominently featured on guitarist Johnny Smith’s hit recording of “Moonlight in Vermont” in 1952. He worked sporadically with Stan Kenton during this period and participated in several of Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts in Los Angeles. Getz lived in Europe from 1958 to early 1961. He continued to make well-respected recordings during this time with other American jazz expatriates, including Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke. Upon his return to the United States in 1961, Getz teamed with arranger Eddie Sauter to record Focus, an album that many regard as Getz’s masterpiece. He worked with guitarist Charlie Byrd on the album that ushered in the bossa nova era, Jazz Samba (1962), which included their hit recording of “Desafinado.” Getz became further associated with bossa nova through his subsequent work with Gary McFarland, Luiz Bonfa, and Laurindo Almeida. For the album Getz/Gilberto (1963), which became one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, Getz collaborated with the legendary Brazilian musicians João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim; for one track, “The Girl from Ipanema,” Gilberto’s wife, Astrud, who had never sung professionally, was a last-minute addition on vocals. Her somewhat naive, blasé delivery suited the tune and complimented Getz’s sax playing perfectly, and the recording became the biggest hit of Getz’s career when it was later released as a single. Although Getz thereafter inevitably was linked with bossa nova, he rarely returned to the form after the early 1960s. He usually performed with his own groups, which featured Gary Burton’s vibraphone in lieu of the usual piano. His other noted work of this period included collaborations with pianists Bill Evans and Chick Corea. Getz incorporated rock rhythms and instrumentation on many of his recordings of the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. He also dabbled in fusion during the late 1970s and annoyed many longtime fans by using a digital echo effect on his saxophone. To the delight of purists, Getz returned to traditional acoustic jazz instrumentation in 1981 and stayed with such arrangements for the remainder of his career, which included an association with Stanford University from 1982 until his death. Although the West Coast jazz movement had detractors who disdained what they saw as its emotionless, academic approach, Getz remained universally revered among critics and fellow musicians for his sound and his melodic creativity. As John Coltrane said of Getz’s style, “Let’s face it—we’d all sound like that if we could.” Astrud Gilberto: Astrud Gilberto, born Astrud Evangelina Weinert (Salvador, March 29, 1940 – Philadelphia, June 5, 2023), was a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz singer of international fame. She was the first woman to win the Grammy for Song of the Year. Married to João Gilberto, between 1959 and 1964, she was her greatest supporter in overcoming her stage fright[1] and in 1963, even though she was still an amateur singer at the time, and because of her excellent English (her father was a language teacher), she was the first to record the English version of Girl from Ipanema, the second most recorded song of all time. With her career built almost entirely abroad, she is widely better known outside the country, a fact about which she has even opened up. João Gilberto: João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" ("The Legend"). In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Nominated at the Grammy 1978 in the category Best Jazz Vocal Performance, album Amoroso, and winner category in Grammy 2001 with João voz e violão Best World Music Album.Gilberto's first recordings were released in Brazil as two-song, 78-rpm singles between 1951 and 1959. In the 1960s Brazilian singles evolved to the "double compact" format, and Gilberto released some EPs in this new format, which carried four songs on a 45-rpm record. In 1956, he returned to Rio and struck up old acquaintances, most significantly with Antônio Carlos Jobim, who was by then working as a composer, producer and arranger with Odeon Records. Jobim was impressed with Gilberto's new style of guitar playing and set about finding a suitable song to pitch the style to Odeon management. In 1963, Gilberto collaborated with American jazz musician Stan Getz on the album Getz/Gilberto which was released the following year. Jobim played the piano for the album while Gilberto's then-wife Astrud performed the vocals in English while he sang in Portuguese. Although Astrud Gilberto was only in the recording studio to be with her husband, João Gilberto requested her to sing on several of the tracks as he could not sing in English. This resulted in a duet between the two on the track "The Girl from Ipanema" which became a major hit from the album. At the 7th Annual Grammy Awards, Getz/Gilberto won three awards including Album of the Year, which marked the first time a jazz album received the accolade. Gilberto was known for his demanding acoustic and noise-control standards. During a recording session of the song "Rosa Morena", he insisted on 28 takes to get the pronunciation of the o in "Rosa" just right. Nonetheless, despite his high acoustic standards, he skipped a contractually required sound check prior to a July 2003 performance at the Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles. This negligence (and the ensuing sound fiasco) prompted the audience to stream from the venue before the concert ended. In 1997, Gilberto sued record label EMI over their reissue of several of his early works, which he contended had been poorly remastered. According to The New York Times, "A statement by his lawyer at the time declared that the reissues contained sound effects that 'did not pertain to the original recordings, banalizing the work of a great artist." Following the incident, EMI ceased production of the albums in question, and, as of 2008, the lawsuit has yet to reach a decision. In 2001, Gilberto won the Grammy for the Best World Music Album category in the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards for his work in the album João Voz e Violão. A year later, he was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto / João Gilberto – Autour De MinuitLabel:Verve Records – 841 445-2Series:Gitanes JazzFormat:CD, CompilationCountry:FranceReleased:1998Genre:Jazz, LatinStyle:Bossa NovaTrack list:1Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto / João Gilberto–The Girl From Ipanema5:122Astrud Gilberto–Once Upon A Summertime3:013Stan Getz / Laurindo Almeida–Once Again (Outra Vez)6:404Stan Getz–Thanks For The Memory3:175Astrud Gilberto–I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do2:546Stan Getz / Luiz Bonfá–How Insensitive (Insensatez)3:217Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto / João Gilberto–Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)4:128Astrud Gilberto–Manha De Carnaval1:569Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd–Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)5:4910João Gilberto–Avarandado4:3011Astrud Gilberto–Look At The Rainbow3:2612Stan Getz / Luiz Bonfá–Sambalero2:0813Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto–It Might As Well Be Spring4:1314Astrud Gilberto–The Shadow Of Your Smile2:3015Stan Getz / Oscar Peterson–Bronx Blues5:30Companies, etc.Copyright © – PolyGramPhonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGramCreditsLiner Notes – Alain TercinetMastered By – Loïc GuillouRemastered By – Dennis DrakeNotesThis Compilation ℗ 1989 POLYGRAM COMPANY © 1989 POLYGRAM COMPANYBarcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode (Printed): 0 42284 14452 0SPARS Code: AADPrice Code: POL 899

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