Jazz Samba

Lovely dinner music

This is one where I want to find a copy of the book and find out what about it makes it an album you should hear before you die. In a genre that I would describe as "fancy hotel lobby music" or "tv/movie incidental music," is this particularly exemplary? was there special drama in its recording? I enjoyed it, but it's not immediately clear to me why I needed to hear it before I die.

This would have been bland but fine background listening except that saxophone really needed to dial it back

not a big fan of jazz unfortunately

Glorified elevator music.

Isch ja funny, Saxophon isch voll uf de linke siite mit de Chopfhörer (oder miis rechte Ohr het grad en hörsturz erlite lol). Het mich zersch maximal verwiirt, hans denn irgendwie chruz mega cool gfunde wells sichs ahfühlt als wärsch mitte uf de bühne aber so nach 2-3 min denk ich mir "bro oke jetzt isch gnueg it surround sound umegspielt" und miis linke ohr duet weh. Boah nach em 3te song isch da mit em Saxophon fasch e qual. Isch ja richtig unahgnehm mit Chopfhörer. Macht mich fasch wahnsinnig. Jazz isch eh scho nid mega miis gsi au wenn das eine vo de schönere isch aber de Fakt das ich mir das mit Chopfhörer (und ich eigentlich alles mit Chopfhörer will lose) eifach nid meh wie 2 Songs chan geh ohni ohr- und chopfschmerze z becho isch scho en maximale Turnoff - 2/5 genau deswege, lönd d finger vom Surround sound Regler isch min Tip. Sust gäbs es 4/5 für mich.

Thought I'd like this when it started, but realised I'd stopped paying attention part way through. Nice background music.

Felt like I was in an elevator or shopping centre, it was very ambient gentle jazz! Didn't really do it for me but it had a nice chilled vibe!

Not my thing, but some songs were nice background music

I appreciate the musicianship, but it’s just not my jam. E Luxo So was my favourite track

Lives up to it's name. Some catchy tunes.

Like being immersed in your own adult film from the 1970’s…

So this is a bossa nova album, but a bit more jazzy than the others we've had. Like basically all the others, it's a nice enough listen but no more than that. 2/5.

Too. Much. Bossa Nova.

Jazz, just jazz. I'm not the Droid it's looking for. ALTHOUGH shoutout to my jazz history professor in JuCo for introducing these 2 names that I'm not a fan of

Pleasant background music but not my first choice

Kezual lounge music, previse neutralno da bih imao odnos.

neutral. sounded a bit boring i feel. like cafe music. unabrasive but i dont see myself seeking this out. im sure theres historical significance

Enjoyed this more than the Thelonious monk album we just had, but as always, jazz isn't my thing. Completely inoffensive, just not that exciting either. Much preferred the previous Gretz album so this is getting a 2

Não é incrível, passou meio batido. Mas se ouvisse mais vezes talvez colaria e entenderia melhor.

Very Hotel Lobby.

Nothing special, but decent background music. 2/5

Really wanted to like it but nothing stood out

Not bad, just not for me!

Not quite my thing but a couple of tracks were enjoyable and I can appreciate the talent. Best song - Samba Dees Days

Good album but not my genre

Was alright but pretty boring, even for jazz.

It was OK a little generic

Jazzy instrumental album again so I found it a little boring

Nice background music 🎷

Tämä on mitä albumin nimi lupaa. Ihan kiva. Liian smooth mulle. Hieno kansi.

truth be told lots of jazz, lots of samba

meh

1.5/5

Easy listening. Nothing to write home about.

Never manages to be anything other than background music

Музыка в лифте буквально

Lift music

p57. 1962. 2.5 stars. Jazz/samba crossover, so wrong audience. Badly dated, close your eyes and you can smell the cigarette smoke and pineapple and cheese on sticks from a million pre-Beatles cocktail parties. Perfectly acceptable, just not my thing. "Nice" - The Fast Show

Elevator music

# 13 - Zingy; Good listening music.

Just sounds like boring video game background music to me. It's not my genre

Not really my sort of thing. I've enjoyed jazz before, but it's generally been on the more avant-garde side of things. I can tell its well done, but it just doesn't do anything for me

Background music to enjoy a drink more than anything really

Not for me thank you. Appreciate the talent in this inane tootling, but really not my thing. Jazz, innit.

Not bad but elevator music all the same.

Es un jazz como "de fondo". Se deja escuchar, tiene buenos arreglitos, muy para estudiar. Pero mehhh, no es la gran cosa.

Should hit my taste in theory, more like elevator music in practice

Jazz!

i have heard desafinado many times it is inspired and superb i remembered the rest of this record as being rather uninspired muzac, i was right

eezzz like uhhh a nothing album. goez nowhere waffles extensively. i really want to be cool and like this but its kind of nothing

OK, so it's samba music. So what? Why is this special?

I will never criticize jazz considering it involves people playing instruments which is more than what a lot of artists can say these days. But I don’t want to listen to 40 straight minutes of it.

I love albums that are just named their genre. Can’t wait to listen to “Alt Rock” and “Rap”. Short review today. I’m not really into Samba Deez Days, but it was fine. I mean, those guys are obviously talented, but I feel like the genre has been tarnished over the years bc of how much it gets made fun of for being in elevators, lobbies, etc. Surprisingly, I don’t listen to a lot of jazz or jazz variations. So will NOT be entering into the rotation

Not bad, but this is background music for me, and doesn't really hold my attention.

Ich kann mich, wenn ich das Saxophon auf dieser Platte höre, nicht gegen die sich aufdrängenden Bilder in meinem Kopf zur Wehr setzen, in denen Benny Hill wahlweise in einer absurden Verfolgungsjagd oder beim Fremdscham auslösenden und natürlich erfolglosen Anbandeln mit einer Frau (Brüste anfassen und so) zu sehen ist. Ratlos und unbefriedigt fühle ich mich, ohne einen Fetzen der Musik behalten zu haben.

I put it on. It was smooth and jazzy. I didn't really notice when one song finished and the next started. I also didn't notice when I'd got to the end and it started again from the beginning.

Song all sounded the same

Yep, this is jazz.

It's not you, it's me One day I'll learn to appreciate jazz. not today though

Not bad, but not really interesting. Seemed like some interesting background music, but not terribly interesting.

Living in Brazil I have become tired of Samba, which I never liked very much to start with. Then to put together the concept of Jazz (free form expression in music) with Samba (heavily defined rhythm and chord progressions) seems to be a recipe for disaster. In its favour is the fact that it is being played by two consumate musicians. Having heard it through I was left unmoved. Much more Samba than Jazz. Give it credit for being from 1962, so it was probably one of the first recordings to expose the Northern hemisphere to Samba. That alone makes it important.

Niiice

It was alright but can’t say I was overwhelmed so a tough 2*

Quite dull.

2.5

It's probably above average jazz. But it makes me feel like I'm trapped in a video game startup screen

Gonna be honest this music just made me miss playing The Sims.

A very relaxing and summary bossa-nova/samba album with a flair of jazz. The title of the albums covers what to expect. But with the exception of the opening song, it never gets exciting, it never peaks. It's very decent, but it's a watered down version of authenticity.

Didn’t mind this. A happy album to me through the day but there was no feeling of discovering a ‘hidden gem’. Was kind of what I expected it to be from the title.

Pleasant, but a little Mike Flowers Pops.

En clave de saxofón, canciones con un estilo característico, tal cual indica el nombre del disco: jazz y samba. Sin más complicación. No es un género que aprecie especialmente

Inoffensive and easy to listen to as background music. Luckily I listened while I was weeding the courtyard or I likely would have dozed off. At least it wasn’t skronky jazz.

Remember Christopher Samba?

Jazz! Nice! Lounge music. Cocktail bar music. Howard Moon. Not my bag baby blah, bah, blah. The same review as I have written for every other jazz album on this list.

jazz is not in any way my favourite. i don’t hate but i don’t love. i like it but it’s just boring after awhile.

I guess i'd love that if I were in an elevator or hanging out with Bosch...

boring. 2/5

The album is just kinda there. I didn't hate it. It wasn't the worst jazz album and better than some of the others on this list. Relatively short. Nothing about it is noteworthy. No need to revisit.

This album lives up to its name. Stan is a good jazz saxophonist and Charlie is good at Samba guitar. Two white guys playing Latin music. It's fine.

It's ok

This is probably going to seem hypocritical if you look at some of my other reviews, but does an album really need to included if it popularized a genre? Nobody needs to listen to bossa nova before they die. Sorry to all the tenor sax enthusiasts out there. Best track: Desafinado

😕jazz

Not as good as some of the previous jazz albums on this list. Maybe a little too heavy on the jazz clarinet

This is one of the first bossa nova albums released in the US, and started this genre's frenzy in the country. Bossa nova is a style of samba from South America. This album was entirely instrumental, but that didn't affect its quality. Samba music is based on the instruments more than lyrics. The album was a great listen and makes for a relaxing soundtrack to most activities. May have to keep an ear tuned for other bossa nova music in the future.

It’s fine. Sounds like music that would be playing in a mall or dept store or restaurant. I can see why people who like this kind of music would like this, but too bland for me

Хрш

it's not bad or good. it's just background. Like what they playing in lobbies they don't want you to stand around in.

Another Jazz album from the early 60s. It's probably great, and I wasn't bored with it on, but it's absolutly not my scene. I didn't hate it though, saving 1 stars for albums I hate.

Lively samba, but not really my bag

Meh it's jazz

Jazz Samba! I like it. Might relisten at some point.

Inoffensive bossa nova

Nice but not really my thing

Sounds like elevator music

Elevator music. 6.8/10

Painfully dull, but tolerable for the 35mins or so this record lasts

Easy jazz.. not bad

Background noise.

I hope Stan Getz fucked.

fine for background music but not my jam

Meh, baby jazz

Easy listening. Not for every moment, but not bad. Even if you don't like jazz and bossanova

Een 2 voor de moeite.

fine, nothing special

Ok as jazz goes. Pretty inoffensive but nothing bad about it

Bossa nova. Kind of old-school swanky, but hard to listen to.

2

In. Gerr

Meh.

Nice but not for me

felt like i was in a classy hotel or in a pixar movie

'twas fiiiiiine. Makes me think of elevator music or that scene in Mr. & Mrs. Smith where they're in the final shootout in the department store. Didn't love.

Fine to have on in the background when reading or cooking of something. A little too douchy for me to ever actively choose to listen to.

Very pleasant, but I am not very literate in Bossa Nova. Stan Getz's sax sound is so soft and warm like a hug. It was difficulty for me to not let this become background music (I blame Muzak).

Jotakuinkin sitä mitä tuli mitä levyn nimi antoi olettaa. Odotin ehkä että pitäisin tästä vähemmän, mutta mukava yllättyä välillä positiivisesti. Ei edelleenkään missään nimessä suosikkigenre, mutta vähintään puolimielellään tätä kuunteli työnteon ohessa. Musisointina ei vaikuttanut aivan yhtä taidokkaalta kuin jotkut listan aiemmat Jazz-levyt. Letkeätä allasbaarimusiikkia kanariansaarilta.

Meh

I'm not sure if I'm relaxing on a beach, drink in hand, on a dusky evening, or if I'm travelling up in a 33 minute long elevator ride. It's pleasant enough background music, but it is definitely for the background.

2/5

Ok

Kevyttä taustamusaa. Yksi läpisoitto riitti.

Its a jazz album

I'm getting a bit fed up with the jazz on here. It's all the same. Its easy listening and not unpleasant, but so dated and boring it beyond belief. The compiler seems to be of the opinion that it has to be brass or woodwind lead. Even the Soft Machine album they used was like that, instead of using Bundles or Softs. They need to show how it has been expanded rather than just repeating the same old tripe.

'Do, do do, do, do do, dah d dah'. Yawn. How did I manage to keep my concentration on this? I didn't. I've decided to book an appointment with the doctor to see if I have ADHD. I'm bound to have it. I refuse to take accountability for my behaviour. In this day and age it can't be any other reason. Twenty years ago I could have got away with saying it was just shit.

It’s jazz, I don’t really like jazz.

elevator music

Me aburrió, quizás no estaba en el mood

no, just jazzy jazz

non mi piace il jazz

Boring

A scant few sleepy, uninteresting bossa nova and samba jazz tracks. Reminiscent of the Rick and Morty "Human Music" bit and would play well as window dressing in a mediocre Mediterranean restaurant. My primary intent for listening to music is to feel and connect to a piece of art, hopefully it has something to say. When I listen to this, the experience I get is devoid of substance or interest. It's inoffensive and bland. Not for me.

no thanks, the minute the drum brush starts Im out.

The second samba jazz album on this list is music for playing in the background at restaurants.

Förbjud bossan! Hur klanderfritt spelat det än är, blir det aldrig mer än såsig salongsmusik. Vi får vara tacksamma för att vi åtminstone slipper Girl from Ipanema.

Not a fab

Not a huge fan of jazz

Я потерял дилдо

BORING

I asked chat gpt to write me some elevator music and the results were (a) dull and (b) indistinguishable from this album. I'm sure some of the musicians are talented, but i don't get any sense of breakthrough, originality, and certainly no thrills. An hour life that i will never get back. Helps to convince me that jazz and me are not made for each other

Track 1 thoughts: I tend not to love Jazz or Samba… but maybe I like JazzSamba! Track 2 thoughts: well maybe I don’t? The rest: This is spiraling me into a poisonous foul mood and I have no idea why.

more background music

How the fuck did Stan Getz get 3 albums on this list SO FAR? I'm only at like 160 and I have had 3 of these elevator music albums come my way already. I got the gist of it after 2 songs from the first one.

4/5

You know I hate jazz, but at least this had a beat and somewhat of a melody. It wasn’t discordant notes all over the place and the songs didn’t last a million years.

1/5 not for me

2 - TERRIBLE

Best Song: O Pato This is really not my thing at all. I am sure it is fine if you are into it but I'm not. 1/5.

Just not my thing - shit's got me sleepy at my desk ): 1/5 stars.

Hated it. To me this was the worst kind of musak hold music played whilst waiting for a dental appointment. Bland, limited dynamism and just all so corny. One of the first that I’ve listened to that I couldn’t wait to finish which was blissfully relatively short.

Nop

I won’t suffer through one more fucking jazz album.

It's just elevator music, every song sounds the same.

Anything jazz can get in the bin.

🐣🤡

- Bah. = < Sims 2 intro - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM

No

Jazz samba = shit merda

How does someone judge what is good Jazz and what is bad? I honestly cannot tell the difference and no amount of albums is able to either. To me it all sounds the same, awful.

Jazz Samba is not a genre of interest.

No, this music isn't for me. It may be great if you enjoy ballroom dancing.

I was wondering when these two titans were finally going to clash. No, not Getz and Byrd - jazz and samba! On the one hand, jazz has been one of the lowest ranking genres in my lineup; whereas samba has been THE highest (mostly because I've only had two albums and gave them both a passing 4). And the winner (or loser, as it were) is jazz. It's like the two had a baby called Bossa Nova and, while it did inherit some of the pleasantries of its mother, Samba, the boring drone of its pointless father, Jazz, doomed it to dumpster life. I might have mercifully given this a 2, but I'm pissed at the algorithm for giving me garbage for two weeks straight now.

Nope. Can I opt out to another string of nonstop jazz albums?

Not my thing

I've been on hold all weekend listening to Jizz Samba waiting to get to a more worthy album

Ersatz Musak. At its best, hotel lobby music, at its worst, hotel elevator music.

Not sure why I need to listen to this cheese, when If I wanted to be bored by such awful music, I could just call a utility company and be placed on hold for 30 minutes.

Jazzzzzz

Standout Songs: … Yeah I’m sorry, this album was NOT for me. It made me feel like I was in a hotel lobby, just… waiting. There were no words in this whole album, I prefer music with words, gives the music something to grasp on to. This is just a flat out jazz album. It may be someone’s taste but it ain’t mine. Next please.

Another background album for a cantina or dentist office. Mr. Getz gets another one on the list purely for being credited with starting a bossa nova movement in the US. For the time, I'm sure this was exciting and exotic compared with the standard big band jazz. Don't need any more jazz but I'm afraid we ain't done...0.95 stars.

Not for me 👎

Awful. Had to stop after first song. Reminded me of Cosby Show

Yeah nah

ZZZZZZZZZZ! 1 Star or F-.

2 day´s, 2 records both Jazz, why! what have I done to deserve this. Is this 1001 jazz albums that you have to listen to. I think I can live just fine with out them. Hope the 3 record is something that I can listen to.

Competently played background music is still background music

Dull I'm afraid. Not much better than lift music 1/5

elevator musik / 10

Can't bear jazz

Jazz

Not my bag at all... So monotonous - music for lifts and shopping centres.

Jazz and samba. Not a choice I would make willingly.

Booo

4 songs in and I'm mentally checking out. They play this in Whole Foods and Days Inn elevators

Intensely boring and the sound of the samba shakers nearly drove me insane on some songs

No

Did not listen

Not for me at all

60’

No

Jazzetyjazzetyjazz

Piece of shit

Supermarket compatible jazzy Bar Blues.

if you love sax...

I’m not a fan of jazz

Stan Getz, thumbs up; Charlie Byrd, thumbs down.

Nope

Background music.

Jazz saxophone. Not my kind of thing. Not bad though. Most likely will not listen again

Not horrible, but very boring. 2/10

Te eentonig

all songs sound the same, like elevator music, kinda a vibe sometimes

Lempeää - myös vihamielisille korville. 1,5.

Didn't make it all the way through, didn't enjoy it

Ok

This is so utterly utterly utterly boring music. The sun is shining, we are lying on the beach and are listening to this no-brainer music. Gets me crazy like e.g. the Red Red Wine of UB40.

Absolutely not for me.

It's not bad at all but no way am I choosing to listen to this on my own time.

Listening to this I suddenly had an urge to stick celery in cream cheese and have another Manhattan. Can something be too smooth? This is music to clean your kitchen by, give you a little kick on to make sure you sweep the floor properly. This is jazz's version of the Rock and Roll's Bobbies, Darin/Rydell et al, the inoffensive lightweights that came after the fury of the first wave. Interesting that this is a year before Coltrane's masterpiece with Johnny Hartman, which took standards and turned them into starkly emotive pieces, an augur for what was coming from Coltrane and jazz. Stan is working within a very specific paradigm here for a very specific audience (and market), whereas Charlie Byrd is nurdling round like a banjo player who forgot his banjo. I'm sure Don Draper happily used this as the background to his next move on the brunette of his choice but from the lofty heights of the 21st century this is not good, I mean it man.

nei heismusikk + tortur = dette

Smoooooth and harmonic. Sadly this makes it that the music moves into the background for me. Some of the songs are a bit more memorable. For me it’s the ones that show more characteristics of classic latin music. Like “Samba Triste”. You have the rhythm of samba with the smooth almost yearning saxophone on top. Favorite Songs: “Samba Triste”

Jazz sucks

too slow for me, not my favourite. reminds me of music i would hear in vintage shops or local cafes.

Annoying/basic jazz. Like playing Sims or in a lift.

Lift music not for me

Samba? This is horrible.

Missed the mark for me. Competent but uninteresting.

I Dont Do JAZZ

no jazz

Jazz. Nope.

It’s jazz innit. That’s all. Not my thing.

Poor

I've never been that interested in Jazz, but I'll keep an open mind as I listen. Update: I didn't like it that much. But it was a little bit vibey.

there's no singing bruh 1 star

Trop ascenseur ! L'ambiance jazz doit être plus sympa dans un bar à Jazz!

No

not my type

listened to this