Getz/Gilberto

Doo bee Doo bop. Nice to listen to. Very calm.

Definitely not what I am used to but it was a nice album to ease into the morning. I had heard The Girl From Ipanema before which was a surprise. Overall on first listen not many tracks stood out, but rather tracks blend into a great collective.

Very comfortable. Very soothing. Feels like what would be playing in the background of the most upscale sex club in vienna.

I’ve listened to this countless times and it’s still entrancing and transportive every time I put it on.

I found it hard to focus on this album so I'm going to review it as "background music". It does feel a bit like I'm in a hotel lobby but it's a hipster boutique hotel and the other guests have impeccable taste.

Jazz, bossa nova.

Only two weeks ago I reviewed the Getz album, Jazz Samba and wrote that it could only get four stars from me because I liked this album more.

I have enjoyed every gets album but this one the most. I listened too it twice. Fantastic. Not usually my type of music but it just hit.

Instrumental sehr angenehm, das Gesabbel trübt aber den Gesamteindruck etwas.

Sehr entspannt und gleichzeitig interessant, Neuentdeckung.

1. 5 2. 4 3. 4.5 4. 4.5 1. 4.5 2. 5 3. 4 4. 3.5

jazz and bossa nova - what more could you ask for?

ohhh his voice is so soothing I felt the stress melt out of me with this one lol. I liked it! Felt very much like music you’d hear in a classy hotel bar. The saxophone was great and there were a couple tracks where a girl was singing on it which I liked. Jazz isn’t really my genre so I probably won’t return to it unless I’m in a specific mood. Very glad I listened tho. 4.001/5

One of my favourites. Getz playing is out of this world. Wonderfully composed by jobin. I like Gilberto’s vocals and Astrids vocals as well. Love the subtle piano you hear once in a while

Esse álbum é um espetáculo, nunca tinha parado pra ouvir, é completamente agradável, pode ser ouvido a qualquer momento em qualquer atividade, nenhuma faixa é desperdiçada, 10/10, letra, melodia, voz, tudo em perfeita harmonia, experiência surreal!

This was really good. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots the songs stood out. The jazzy tones were fantastic. I would not mind owning this to sit back and enjoy on a quiet wintery day. So Danco Samba and The girl from Ipanema were my standout songs. 3.5 stars. Very close to a 4

Hotel lobbies sound like bossa nova, but more often without lyrics. I like hotel lobbies

good! not a massive bossa nova enthusiast, but i understand why people like it

Once again, listening to this from the confines of my office and not while wasting away at a beach bar somewhere is insanely unfair.

This was very enjoyable once I got into the right mindset. Such great grooves. It sounds simple and light, but the amount of skill it takes to achieve that sound is incredible.

Had no idea what to expect, then it owns with Girl From Ipanema and I know, then get, exactly what I expect. Great atmospheric background music, especially when making a cocktail for a guest at the 70s wood paneled bar in my hilltop LA home

Me llamaron la atención 2 canciones, son buenas, pero no es mi estilo de música.

Judging by the cover, the main artists listed are saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist-vocalist João Gilberto; Antônio Carlos Jobim is relegated to the fine print with an "featuring" credit. This is wild, considering he actually wrote six of the eight songs on the album. Moreover, these tracks became bossa nova standards; Jobim would later reimagine the album's biggest hits with Frank Sinatra, and the opening track is widely considered the most covered song of all time — second only to the Beatles' "Yesterday." As for the album itself, the main drawback is Gilberto’s vocals, which sound like a computer assistant’s voice. However, this is overshadowed by the fluid, singing tone of Getz’s saxophone — an instrument granted the final, lingering word on almost every track. It is a bossa nova classic — the kind of music you might often hear in a coffee shop on a Sunday morning: somewhat repetitive, yet completely relaxing.

yesss

10/5/26. Love some classic bossa nova and Brazilian jazz, very relaxing and intricate. Adding a saxophone on top was a great touch.

El portugués me parece un idioma precioso, pero si encima lo cantan e interpretan así de bien... Pues me quito el sombrero. Me ha encantado la combinación de estos dos talentos gigantes de la música. Canciones favoritas: The Girl From Ipanema, Só danço samba

Before *saxaphones getting louder* induced imminent fear and concern, there was Stan Getz. With his Jazz tone and the combined romantacism with Joao Gilberto's volcals/guitar, this album is anything but contreversal or scary. Bossa Nova is certainly not a genre you hear too often in the mainstream, it is true, however, you are more inclined to be familiar if you have been in an elevator recently ( 'The Blues Brothers" movie scene, where they are in an elevator with "The Girl from Ipanema" is playing, comes to mind) or perhaps this album reminds you of Jarvier Bardem (Felipe)'s mix tapes in the movie "Eat. Pray. Love"? Either way, it is widely used in scenarios that require a certain non-chalance and pleasantness which is exactly what this album is.

3.6 -calm

french whispers to study to

I forgot how “cool” this album is. Without Chet Baker on the list it’s nice to have a little cool jazz vocal representation, actually. 5 Boolean: True

Probably the most defining classics of bossa nova. Of course it will rank high!

Gets a little background-y at times, but still a really enjoyable, very smooth listen. Listened to this a couple of times.

Smooth, and cool, light and refreshing.

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and João Gilberto is today’s listen, and I went into this expecting a struggle. Brazilian jazz is really not my thing at all. That said, I was interested to give it a go because I know how legendary this album is. Also, for a jazz album, eight tracks in around half an hour felt very manageable! My first thought was just how smooth and sexy it sounds. It has such a relaxed feel to it and moves along nicely without ever becoming hard work. “The Girl from Ipanema” is obviously the song I recognised, and hearing it as part of the album made me appreciate just how good it is. I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed this. The sound can become a little repetitive, but nothing bored me and the short running time really works in its favour. It’s calm, melodic and incredibly easy to listen to. This isn’t an album I can imagine waking up one morning and thinking, “I really fancy some Brazilian jazz today”, but I’m glad this challenge made me listen to it. A really pleasant surprise and a genuinely good album. Favourite tracks: “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Corcovado”. Both lovely songs. Least favourite track: Nothing was horrible at all. The sound does become a little repetitive, but it never outstays its welcome. Album artwork: I like it. Simple, distinctive and very much of its time.

looove it, giving chill nights

I could imagine myself liking this music as tracks in a film score, but on it's own I'm left feeling indifferent.

8.3/10

This album is absolute perfection

Great

I like the mix of jazz sax and Brazilian music. 3.5

Not really my thing. I know Girl From Ipanema from 1,000 shows and movies and it doesn't hit the same way out of context.

Not for me.

Not much of a jazz guy, but this is awesome

The Girl From Ipanema

A thoroughly pleasant album to work to/have on in the background. I will probably revisit this quite a bit!

Only listen to one song is was good. Don't speak the lan6

El mejor fucking album de este genero

it's the first morning that feels like fall. i walked out the door to a light rain and slight chill. bossa nova is perfect for today. this is one of the few days where i've opened my album and been genuinely excited. i only wish that i was playing cribbage and sipping espresso with the man of my dreams instead of staring at a computer. (it's only like 58, so not that chilly, but compared to what it's been...) getz's sax on sò danço samba is nice yah that's incredible. would listen to this again on a rainy, chilly fall morning. or a classy evening dinner party. or anytime.

Хороший джаз( не уверен ) , но не для меня

I enjoyed it. The first song 'The girl from Ipanema' was good and the songs following it were good, but after a while it got repetitive and a bit boring. I do enjoy jazzy music but it does go on a bit. I listened to it technically first thing in the morning (finished up a Wham album first - 'Fantastic'). Maybe if I listened to it before bed at night I'd have enjoyed it more.

I liked it, but I think I didn't listen to it at the right time (I was on a train). But it was really nice jazz record, that I would listen to again.

probably the ideal of a "north meets south" American-ish bossa nova album. The Girl From Ipanema is iconic and the rest of this album is as smooth as butter. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

I was doing other things while listening to this and I did not even realize that the song changed. It does what it does well: chill background music for while your doing things. I would not say elevator music because I think it's too good for that. Elevator music is usually low quality, this is not low quality. I think it's the perfect album to put on as background noise. Not into this type of music but if it does what it does perfectly than it's five stars. Nitpicking here, I hate the reused assets of The Girl from Ipanema and Corcavado. No highlight or runner ups cuz it's background music 9/10 Stars

3.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/stan-getz-and-joao-gilberto-featuring-antonio-carlos-jobim/getz-gilberto/ Enjoyable takes on Brazilian classics, that get too jazzy for my taste at points.

I think the only album I’ve know before getting it as my album of the day. A relaxing listen

There are moments of sax propulsion, but the restraint is sexy.

kinda went over my head one thing that kinda bothered me was that a lot of the backing instrumentals on these songs sounded exactly what i think of when i hear the term elevator music, even tho this probably predates all that lol i liked the sax work but outside of that album was basically just lost on someone like me favourite songs : the girl from ipanema, para machuchar meu coracao, corcovado least favourite song: none in particular

Great start, but the rest just doesn’t do it for me.

So cool, I should listen to more bossa nova it’s really up my street

Good dinner party music

GRI one of the best songs ever written

Love

Джазуха!!! Латіна)

Smooth

A classic bossa nova album. I find it very difficult to rate these types of albums, to be honest. Its obviously extremely good, but I'm not a huge bossa nova guy. Its a lot of similar sounding songs which are all good.

Good for doing homework

Fantastické spojenie dvoch muzikantov, k tomu občas Astrud, nesmrteľné melódie a cit.

One of the best

'Nother jazz album. Not bad, not bad. I enjoyed my recent outing with Machito on 'Kenya', so hopefully this album will also prove itself to be adept. It's been a long, long time since my previous outing with Stan Getz. "Jazz Samba" was 583 albums ago, which is easily the longest album gap to date. The only person who has him beat at this point is Isaac Hayes, whose first album was the thirteenth I pulled on the list and whose second album has yet to present itself. I am curious to see how big the gap between those two albums will be. Anyways, I'm bloviating because I have nothing to really say about Getz' previous album. I obviously don't recall much about a record I listened to over two years ago, so I might as well just get into this one. Yeah, good stuff. I can always go for some more bossa nova. It's strange how few bossa nova albums there are on the list. Of the ten albums that are listed as bossa nova on this website, only five are corroborated by Wikipedia as belonging to the genre. I feel like you could get away with doubling that number and then some, especially with all of the junk currently clogging this list. Anyways, the album. It's good. I like the steadfast acoustic guitars, subtle bass and elegant pianos. It's fortunate that I rolled this album on a rainy day as I do quite like the bossa nova and rainy day vibe, most likely because "Waters of March" is my favourite bossa nova song. I'm not as moved by the vocal performances, though they are good. Very fluid and eloquent-sounding. All in all, I could really go for falling asleep to this album. What a shame I'm in public as I'm writing this review. Oh, hey "So Danco Samba". In what is probably the deepest cut I can share with this list, I'm familiar with this song because a stripped-back cover of it appears on Citrobal's "My Caution Line" EP - a Japanese album that is pleasing singer-songwriter alt-rock music and bossa nova in equal measure. That EP is really good. I enjoy it as an obscure album I can dip my toes into every now and then, though it appears to have reached a wider audience in recent years. This cover of the song is also solid, though I do think it loses part of itself with the studio sound. Still, the vocals have a pleasing bassiness, the melody is as good as ever and the acoustic guitar has a nice, full sound to it. The sax solo doesn't do much for me, though the subtle, measured percussion is able to reel that part of the song in. All in all, a good listen. Book time. Very successful. All of the musicians that featured on this aside from Getz were Brazilian, allowing for an internationally viable, yet authentic stab at the genre. Joao Gilberto's contributions to this album are considered to be the best elements by this album's curator. There's a popular myth about "Girl From Ipanema" where the producer wanted one of the verses to be sung in English. Since Gilberto couldn't speak English, he put his wife Astrud Gilberto up to the task, who quickly became one of the album's staples. Wikipedia says this album launched Astrud's career, popularised bossa nova on the global stage, is one of the best-selling jazz albums and was the first non-American album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. The critic response has been very warm. While there don't appear to be any chart numbers from the time of this album's release, it's re-entered the charts in multiple countries in the years since, notably peaking at No. 9 in Portugal. Yeah, this seems like a solid pick - big thumbs up from me. I cosign this inclusion.

It was a good listen, but not anything I would ever put on a play by choice

Sure its good

Really enjoyed this one. Low key samba acoustic guitar and sax vibes. Great atmosphere. Felt quite intimate. Solid 4/5 from me.

The opening track annoys me for some reason. Maybe it's the vocals and the way it is sung but I doubt any version of the song will not grate for some reason I can't pin point. Otherwise a smooth jazz bosa nova album that evokes elegant ladies with piercing dark Spanish eyes peering through the leaves of palm trees and interior courtyards filled with exotic plants. A very pleasant album.

Superb Best Song: The Girl from Ipamena Rating: 9/10 Stars: 5

It's so jazz morning walk at the park album... LOVED IT!

I don't like Jazz.

The girl from Ipanema save sthis

Chill coffee shop vibes.

I think a good album not only is good but it also is a compliment to what I was doing when I listened to it. I made some beautiful gnocchi the night I listened to this album. It’s so sweet, it’s gentle and just made me feel on cloud 9

not as fun as jazz samba but still fun

kitchen music Rating: 8/10

Beautiful relaxed sound. Really nice guitar and sax together.

pleasant

my parents had a compilation album that featured a lot of these songs that we'd listen to sometimes during dinnertime. insanely fond of this as a result.

Felt extremely classy and sophisticated listening to this. It’s beautiful and atmospheric, very relaxing and I could definitely see myself in some jazz cafe in Brazil listening to this live. It painted that picture, plus it was cool to find out about how important this album was. And a well designed album cover as well

5⭐️ i just love the vibe of this album, truly perfect! my favorite song is the most obvious one, the girl from ipanema!

Was listening at work. Relaxing music. It went over to auto play and I went on listening to more of artist for over an hour.

Another album here because of a single song on it, huh? It's crazy how people will complain that a 6 minute song is too long and then praise this album that is the same song for 40 minutes. What makes it even funnier is that I wrote the above paragraph before they actually just played the same song again, lmao

Now THIS is jazz

Amazing records, truly deserves to be on this list. Even people who hates jazz (I'm looking at you Johnny) should listen to this record. If this is not getting you in a good mood, I don't know what's wrong with you. Timeless bossa nova / jazz.

yooo awesome vibesss shout-out to all of the bossa Nova ppl y'all are awesome

I’m never opposed to a good bossa nova album, but this lounge soundtrack will leave me more to remember the drink I was having rather than the music itself. Maybe it’s just not the right mood or it’s just too melodic and mellow. There are a few songs on here which are more memorable than others such as So Danco Samba, which has some pretty good saxophone work and vocals. Most of the album just kind of kept it with a nice steady flow, which unfortunately made it forgettable. And even their take on the Girl from Ipanema just seemed tired. I think this album is gonna stay in the stacks for me. Soft listen, not a must listen.

Random thoughts: * Chill bossa nova album and contains the song that introduced this music to the world. * I enjoyed this listen, especially after fighting my way through The National. * I could put this on for a chill evening. * Girl From Ipanema is believed to be the second-most-recorded pop song in history, after "Yesterday" by the Beatles. * In 2004, Girl From Ipanema was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. * There is no denying that Girl From Ipanema is one of the most famous recorded tracks of all-time. * I think this is probably a must listen to understand music history and hear one of the most famous tracks ever. But you are not always going to be in the mood for this type of music.

Easy listening

Bossa Nova - gefällt mir sehr gut

Nothing special

J'aime trop la samba chill comme ça, puis côté jazzy en plus ici

C’était chouette mais c’est pas dans n’importe quel contexte !

J'adore la bossa nova, et Joao Gilberto est vraiment un pilier du genre

35 and 49 year old men write international hit song about a 17 year old girl. If I was that girl, I'd be upset. Not because a pedo wrote me a song, but because the song I inspired became elevator music.