Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Welkome afwisseling tussen al het Angelsaksische geweld.
Fine background noise, The Girl from Ipanema so nice they played it twice.
It’s pleasant enough and I’ve always had a soft spot for the sax. Didn’t really work in the dark on the bus coming home from work though
Laid back but also just kind of a bit melancholic and soporific. It feels like they ran out of ideas and just started making random noises.
Not my thing, but good elevator music.
Great sound, but not my cup of tea
Nice!
Bossa Nova halt. Angenehme Hintergrundmusik, aber nichts, was ich mir in Dauerschleife geben will. Girl from Ipanema.
Bossa nova is such a niche genre, not quite sure how I feel about it. Enjoy it in short bursts like this but it has such a particular sound that most songs sound the same. Definitely heard girl from Ipanema before and a few others were recognisable. Like jazz I think it's a music for the right setting and not something I would just pick up and listen to on the commute.
I quite liked this, it was pretty relaxing. It had nice jazzy beats throughout and kept at a good pace. Nothing overstayed its welcome like traditional Jazz seems to. None of the tracks partifcularly stood out of me but I did enjoy "The Girl from Ipanema".
I enjoyed this much more than the other jazz records we've had recently. Not sure if I'll be going back to it too regularly, but was nice in the background. I bet this is played in loads of restaurants and cafes.
Probably shouldn't have listened to right after Judas Priest. Its ok maybe could be setbreak music but it's all the same song. Would make fine music for that sophisticated cocktail party I'm never having
Blind album and artist. I do not know what to think of this album but it feels repetitive and maybe it's cause the non-english lyrics? It sounds great but I'm not feeling it.
First jazz ever! Good to work to, vibey. Probably would only listen to while working
El disc per excel.lència de bossa nova. Melós, suau, delicat i amb la presència de ‘Girl from Ipanema’, un dels temes més rotundament clàssics del segle XX
64 год. Джаз/босса-нова The Girl From Ipanema - это мем? Почему я слышал этот трек? Определённо слышал. В целом выделить тут особо нечего. Слушается легко, кайфово, балдежово. Как я понял, это один из первых альбомов в жанре босса-нова, который дал жанру популярность. В целом как эксперимент -- норм. Потому 3/5 имхо. Но не то что бы меня раскачало или как-то зацепило.
The first foreign, non-english album to pop up on this list for me. Ah, "The girl from Ipanema", THE Bossa Nova song; pretty sure this song single-handedly brought ez listening to America. Crazy how cafe music hasn't really evolved much since its inception; this album is from 1964 but sounds like I would hear it in 2023 starbucks, and then think it was written the year before, and be none the wiser. This statement could definitely be viewed positively, making the inference that the album has a 'timeless' attribute to it. Was enjoyable having this on as easy listening to start my work day, drinking some coffee and crawling through work. Again, like 90% of the music on this list probably, I don't love it, don't hate it, would listen to it with no issues if it was in front of me, but wouldn't go out of the way to find it.
Iconic but why is it giving me anxiety lol
Very cool, very smooth, and I can appreciate it but it's just not for me. Best Song(s): Girl from Ipanema Listen Again: Probably not
On attendait patiemment que Getz et Gilberto s'associent pour nous baragouiner dans les oreilles et voilà qui est maintenant chose faite.
Pas désagréable mais on se fait quand même bien chier comme il faut.
The Brazilians know how to do jazz. A relaxed album of songs that I would consider pleasant background music.
Swanky smooth bossa nova album. Just gives romantic dinner vibes.
Pleasant. Interested to see ratings since music compared to elevator/lobby music is always shit on, but this is like the original elevator/lobby music
Nice, gentle music
This was pretty nice and mellow. I liked the overall feel to it but some of the songs bordered on creepy. 3 stars.
Helppo kuunneltava. Rentoon hetkeen sopivaa taustamusaa
Nice easy listen. Loved the saxophone throughout. Okay replay value.
3++
Enjoyed the album, bossa nova is always a little boring to me.
I'm sure there's real talent there, just not my speed
Don't listen if you need coffee. Hasn't made me like jazz. Day 1 but I am still in a rut about known songs being easier for me to actually pay attention to. Realized I've been pronounce Ipanema incorrectly. Sax gets murkier in some of these songs (O Grande Amor?) than I have noticed before.
Mellow
Ok
Skönt med Bossa nova, men har du hört en låt har du hört alla
Muito boa
Feels weirdly like walking through a chill french film. (Although actually Portuguese/Brazillian mixed with American jazz).
I mean, wow. I thought I was gonna hate this album after the first 30 seconds, but it is so chill. Great cooking music.
Slightly on the dull side, but not offensive. I think I could have listened to the whole album without listening to it. 2.5*
Delightfully sunny and positive sounding samba. The Portuguese language has an interesting cadence - the natural rhythm of romance languages but with some more slurred and softened consonants. It works well with the music here. Girl from Ipanema of course is the well-known jewel in the crown here.
this album blows. get it? anyway, it's an album that reminds me what it was like shopping at Pottery Barn. When that was a thing. Just lively enough to be adventurous, but not to the point of being distracting.
Great way to start the day. I was like, who is Stan Getz, and then the first song kicked off a mood. Easy, breezy and full of chill vibes all day.
Ooooh, that some smooth sax and bossa nova vibes. Good music to mark to.
jazzy. Relaxing to listen to in certain circumstances, mix of spanish and english lyrics
Bossa nova on itselleni vieraampi genre, vaikka muutamia klassikkobiisejä osaankin nimetä. Tämä menee kategoriaan "mukavan leppoisa taustamusiikkialbumi", en ehkä saa tästä irti mitään sen erityisempää. Ajattelin kuitenkin jättää tämän mukaan taustamusiikkisoittolistakiertoon. Henk.koht. suosikki: Para Machucar Meu Coração.
nice background music.
Too slow, jass samba is better.
Okay
This feels like vacation. Like a warm, salty breeze. Soft sand and palm trees. A lazy brunch on a shaded cafe patio...
Ja ook wel lekker hoor, maar ik blijf er bij dat een heel album achter elkaar mij iets te veel Stan Getz is.
I love it. The great thing about this system of rating albums is it introduces you to something you already know; i have probably heard The Girl from Ipanema 5 times in Television on the radio, but now i can put names to faces, and listen to it repeatedly, not just holding shazam up to season twelve of the simpsons or whatever. Easy listening, with a relaxed and unpunishing vibe, for hot summer days.
Really chill
Nice jazz, really chill, but the mumbling at the start wasn’t great.
It gets a little bit repetitive, but I feel that's why it's so charming. Good across the board.
Smooth elevator jazz
This is one of the best background working albums ever made. That's not a slight, just that it does its thing and if you dip out for 5 minutes that's ok, they're grooving and ready for your return.
Relaxing music, very classic, but the songs don’t vary enough to make the album as a while interesting.
Enjoyable but like other music from that time, its hard to truly enjoy it with today's ears
Jazz isn't really my style, but it is very relaxing.
A nice album for relaxing on the beach, but not for trying to stay awake on a road trip
Good
Me parece un 8/10 pero la verdad las canciones repiten el mismos ritmo ,que no está mal pero cansa el escuchar en casi todas las canciones más de 2 minutos de saxofón así que creo será un 7.5 o 7 de 10
3/8, 38%
Album 101 of 1001 Getz / Gilberto - Stan Gets & João Gilberto Rating : 3 / 5 Favorite Track : Girl from Ipanema Great album for either relaxing or going about your business as you listen. Soothing, Relaxing, Pleasant...so many adjectives fit. It also won Album of the Year in1965, the year of my birth. That gets a few points.
This was incredibly easy to listen to and as smooth as butter. The intersection of jazz and samba styles is a great intersection, in my opinion. I don't really have any notes for this album, other than that it was quite a pleasant listen.
Maggie likes it more
Top 3 Songs: 1 - The Girl from Ipanema (1) 2 - So Danco Samba (6) 3 - Desafinado (4)
Ambience for some jazzy 60s music
an album of airy coffee house jazz "young and tan and lovely the girl from Ipanema goes walking" is on this one
Bossanovas tranquilas, de las primeras épocas. Para entusiastas del género. Buenas voces y ritmos tranquilos.
BANE
Another apposite selection. Astrud Gilberto dies and the next day we get this. Bossa nova is a type of jazz I can tolerate. Girl from Ipanema is a great tune. The songs do all tend to blend into each other but it’s very pleasant background music. I will always remember being on a cruise round Norway where the band played Girl from Ipanema seemingly every day on the observation deck. Seemed a bit out of place at the time but it was a very chilled vibe!
Not sure if Astrud Gilberto's recent death was the reason this got served (could be coincidence), but hearing "Girl From Ipanema" made me look that song up specifically as I was curious where the ubiquitous easy listening tune originated. While this isn't the first ever recording (that was in 1962), this was the version that became the international surprise hit and launched Gilberto's career. If I have the story right, she wasn't even credited on the album when it was released, it was her husband Joao who was the star at the time — she was new to singing. Anyway, that song aside, the whole affair is pleasant and would entice me to sit down at a table in a club if I had wandered in and heard this playing. As a must-listen album, it was perfectly OK in the background. The sax sounds a little too wet for my taste, and all in all, sure, I liked it just fine.
On the day that Astrid died I get the wonderful Getz/Gilberto album. ( Astrid is uncredited) that launched her career. Brilliant summer vibes. Shimmering trumpet/piano with salsa vibes.
Like being gently caressed by a warm spring breeze, while bathed in gentle sunlight. Recommend by 3/5 physicians for lowering your blood pressure. 👩⚕️👩⚕️👩⚕️
Feels like the soundtrack to a lazy late Saturday lunch. Great to relax to, not anything I'd usually seek out.
It’s what you’d expect when you see the names but entertains none the less. Classic rendition of Ipanema is a highlight.
Prototyyppi- bossa novaa. Siksi kai se puree
I think everyone has heard The Girl From Ipanema, but not heard of Getz or Gilberto. Getz/Gilberto is perfect for having on in the background at a gathering or a nice restaurant. Definitely not something that I'd often go out of my way to listen to ordinarily. Best: The Girl From Ipanema Worst: O Grande Amor
I feel like I've heard most of this album -- in old 60s-70s movies or coffee shops or more modern movies. There are some songs that are repetitive, and it's mostly easy listening.
Not bad not great. had it on in the background while rebuilding my ipod and was pretty indifferent. Good background music though.
Lovely as background music
I’m meant to hate jazz but this was ok
Nice
This is one of those iconic albums where everything is lightning in a bottle - from Gilberto’s guitar, Getz’s sax and Astrud Gilberto‘s lovely voice. Also there’s the wonderful production and engineering captures the languorous sexy mood. The girl from Ipanema and Corcovado, are of course iconic bossa nova songs that still sound fresh and delightful today
Good vibes but good vibes only. This was 37 minutes of chill out music without any highs or low’s
Very smooth, mellow and calm. Quiet and minimalist.
Another solid Bossa Nova album. Nothing hugely standout here, quite similar to the last one
It's pleasant enough. That's it.
Soooooo chill. “The girl from Ipanema” is beautiful. Gets a bit repetitive by the end of the album. 6/10
It's cool, just not my thing. Very light and easy.
I have no problem with bossa nova, but unfortunately my brain just processes it as pleasant background music most of the time. Favorite track: "Corcovado"
Almost too chill for me but it was a great Sunday morning listen. I like the combo of Getz and Gilberto how they compliment eachothers sounds
The Girl from Ipanema is such a good song. Recognized it from Catch Me If You Can (and I'm sure a ton of other movies/tv shows). Love a solid jazz album.
Jazz brasilero. Muuuuy trancu. Bastante monótono, pero esta bueno; para estudiar sobre todo.
Absolutely on-brand and consistent throughout, but it suffers for me from a kind of uniformity of tone. No tension.
It's fine. Great old Jazz Bossa Nova sound. Just a bit outdated...ya think? Enjoyable for what it is. 3/5
Decent
A few good tunes. I particularly like “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)” But as a whole album, I think there were better in 1964.
Very nice relaxing album!! Lovely mix of talents and instruments really enjoyed it today!
I listened to this on a stressful morning ahead of a mega day at work. It was really nice to zen out to - I appreciated it. Girl from Ipanema always is just a funny song to me. Like there's something comical about it I think!
Nice and relaxing, put me in a smooooooth mood.
Perfect as background music for learning or reading, quite charming
Mellow and musical jazz. Doesn't require anything from the listener but to sit back and chill.
I mean, this is some really standard Bossa Nova type stuff, and I honestly think I'd lean in the direction of a low 3 here. But nothing was bad at all, just kinda meh.
K.K. Bossa Nova - The sound here is very calm, cool, and collected. it reminds me of some the soundtrack for The Sims 1. The kind of music played at a rich soiree. This is exceptionally made, enjoyed the quick easy listen.
Bossa Nova is a mixture of Brazilian Samba folk music with American smooth jazz influences. And this might just be *THE* Bossa Nova classic. Smooth, ear-pleasing and very accessible music made for total relaxation on a summer evening, preferably in a hammock on a beach, with a coconut in hand and the sound of gently lapping waves in the background. Sometimes this album - and that's mostly due to the sax of Getz - drifts a bit too much into American Lounge music and you feel it might be played in a movie scene where they have to take one of those long 118 storey elevator rides. But it's a very enjoyable warm summer night album nontheless
An album I grew up with and probably heard one time to many, yet the samba does still retain some charm..
So soothing, muy relajante. Pero todas las canciones son iguales.
Nice morning music
Wasn't a huge fan of this one but some cool sax solo's and syncopated lines. The girl from Ipanema was my fav
2.25
Boring. It’s like I’m in a fancy restaurant or bar with no one to talk to.
Not my cup of tea. Bored as shit at the end
I understood this genre, and thought that it’s probably a good example of the genre it is, but I didn’t like it. It sounds like Laufey and KK Slider.
I bet Stan and João really hate The Blues Brothers. The Girl From Ipanema sounds like an actual comedy song, or some funny meme joke, rather than a real song. Its a nice tune, but it's so tied to the cliche of elevator music that it's hard to even sit in the same room as it without feeling a bit silly. It's got to be a 2, but it's not really it's fault. I just can't put this on anywhere and maintain any level of social respect
It was fine at first. Refreshing even. But man did I get tired of that damn saxophone.
Greit nok
Tuned out a few times because it felt like jazz cafe music I don’t listen to really any Spanish language music so I appreciate the exposure
Good
Background music of someone else's life. In "so danco samba" track, she says GO GO GO GO GO.. and I could only respond GO GO GO GO FASTER PLEASE!!
Boring. At least it's not experimental, but it's not my flavor. I like my jazz hot.
Seriously not my style.
The Sims music. Waiting room music. I have no real opinion on this.
Boring. It conjures a mood, that’s for sure, but that mood is one of languid boredom. Give me exotica music from the era instead – at least that had some genuine eccentricity. Best track: “The Girl From Ipanema”
I liked but it was rushed listen and will definitely listen again good vibes
#album 84 bossa nova.....great for fancy hotel lifts. ಄ album rating: ★★☆☆☆ ಄ number of albums left to review: 1,005 ಄ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 39 ಄ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 16 ಄ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 68
One bossa nova song is baller and powerful. Eight to ten is a bit dry. Truly the disco of jazz if you know what I'm saying Highlights: "The Girl from Ipanema", "Para Machuchar Meu Coracao", "O Grande Amor"
Musica brasileña de jazz, me gusta pero es demasiado monotona en cuanto a sonido para mi
Skipped
Nice saz and smooth but not an album for me
This is the 2nd Stan Getz album I have had on this list, and to be honest it has me questioning why the first album was included when this seems so much better to me. While the other Bossa Nova albums i've heard so far tend to fade into nothing music, this one has enough of a hook to keep me interested. The vocals are great, the brass is enjoyable, a big improvement but probably not something I would actively listen to.
"The Girl From Ipanema" is an all-time classic for a reason, but like other reviewers have commented this one is nice for background music but blends into that background a little too easily. it just doesn't hold my attention enough for active listening; tracks melted into each other and not in a positive way, started feeling like one big way-too-long song around #3 (and i'm very pro-longsong if done well). objectively a great jazzy bossa nova record, subjectively not my cup of tea. i was already waiting for it to be over about halfway through.
★★½
Some sexy sax but I kinda tuned out after a while and it turned into elevator music. I appreciate it, but not my jam
4/10 Smooth, comforting, nice wide sound stage and soft vocals. There's nothing bad in here and the production really makes you feel like you're in a jazz bar. The downside is that this record isn't really adventurous in any way. It just simmers away in a comfortable space without experimenting. I enjoy the retained imperfections which further adds to the live and atmospheric feel, but there's just not a lot of substance so I can't rate this highly. Best track: The Girl From Ipanema Will I revisit?: No
Of course it's another samba album for my last one. This album can fuck all the way off. So much dross and repetitive sounding albums. I could swear that I've had this very same album at least 3 times already (I've just seen this has songs that were on his other albums). It's as if this short lived US dalliance with Samba still has a huge influence on the culture - it's like thinking their obsession with all things Aussie in the 80's makes it so we need to watch all the Yahoo Serious movies. You don't need this and you don't need this on the list. Best Tracks: The Girl From Ipanema; Desafinado; Vivo Sonhando
Swishy mellow jazz with fado style crooning. A laid back lazy Sunday morning sound, it feels flighty and wistful, but listless and melodically aimless.
achtergrondmuziek fr
I think that this album would be nice as background music while I’m doing something else, but it didn’t move the needle for me otherwise.
Not something I’d necessarily sit and analyse deeply, but as a mood-setter it works brilliantly—relaxed, classy, and quietly addictive.
I guess, fine for what it is? But really not my thing. I never need to hear The Girl From Ipanem again, and I've heard it twice in 120 albums.
I'm not a fan of modern jazz or Bossa Nova. This album is high quality, but it isn't enjoyable to me at all.
Also ich habe mit nd das ganze Album angehört aber es war so 5/10 es war halt so ruhig und aus spanich (denke ich?)
Slow bossa nova
5/3 Was okay
Not hating it, not feeling it
Easy listening, quite good background music to work to.
Summers background music
So laid back it's almost vertical. A little too much so for me; I'd prefer to be a bit more engaged by what I'm listening to
Favorite Track: The Girl From Ipanema
Latin Sax with Spanish vocals. Not really my jam.
Jazzy jazz...
Most elevatory elevator music I have ever heard in a row. Music itself isn't bad, but I'd rather ride an elevator for a minute or two than 39 minutes. Certainly did not help that the last two songs were repeats.
It's fine, nice historical album, but it's the same song for 50 minutes. Just light jazz.
I dont like it
Astrid's voice is great. Saxophone is brilliant. But Joao is woeful and bassa nova dreadful.
3/10
Yawn. It's a nice song. But they all kind of blend together.
Chill en porrugues
I know it's only jazz and bossa nova but I don't really like it. To paraphrase Mick.
Not really my thing Girl from Ipanema isn't too bad (could listen again (not frequently))
This was like being stuck in a lift or waiting on hold for 40 minutes Would have been better without the vocals
Not my kinda music
Bossa nova isn’t my thing. I can tell it’s good for what it is though
Inoffensive and can imagine it being background music at a chain restaurant
No me gusta el bossa nova pero es bueno para ponerlo de fondo en una cita si sos un pretencioso de mierda
For the workday I'm having, the absolute weirdest album to come up
im not a jazz man
Jazz is really not my thing. I got bored. I can't help but hear it and think "elevator music." Maybe I'm not cultured enough. I'll excitedly await the day I "get it"
#urlaubsmode Selbst in Sommer, Sonne, Pool ist das zu cheesy und soft. Aber passt auch perfekt. Mehr Widersprüche in diesen Sätzen als gefühlt im Album
Warum sind die so traurig? Macht mich auch traurig. Und nicht in a good way.
i get that it's meant to be minimal but it just comes off as kinda boring. the sax playing is definitely the highlight here, but that's it. could really benefit from more percussion to add texture to the sound (a snare played with brush drumsticks would elevate this album 10x)
Meh.
Refreshing and relaxing, but perhaps a bit too relaxing. Started off strong with The Girl from Ipanema, but the rest of the record flew by without making too much of an impression, good or bad.
Elevator music
Not tremendously into the jazz/bossa nova stuff. That being said, this is okay. I think it's perfectly pleasant background noise. I just can't help that feeling of "this would play during cocktail hour" or "this would play in an elevator." Perhaps not the best way to look at it, but it's definitely what my mind defaults to. It's a bit boring to me. I think you'd love this if you liked jazz! I just don't personally.
I wouldn't mind at all if it was playing at a bar or something. If my friend put it on though I'd tell them to turn it the fuck off. It feels like it wants to be laid back and relaxing but the vocals are so grating it hits a weird middle ground where it's just nothing. I keep coming back to find why it's so popular but everytime it just feels like sitting around and waiting to die in a care home. Thank god for the saxophone though. Everytime I was nodding off it blasted my ears and woke me up.
Soundtrack to a 1970s keys party
I almost fell asleep at work listening to this
Bossa-no-no. Bit of a snooze-fest. Two stars.
prva ista kao druga, druga ista kao treća, a treća ista kao prva, ali su chill
Desafinado The girl from Ipanema So Danco Samba Corcovado
The Girl From Ipanema Desafinando Corcovado
Laid back cheesy Jazz, do I have to like it because its not English... nope. Boring.
3/10
This one wasn't as interesting as the album prior. I am not sure why. It just didn't work as well in my opinion. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't as good. The backing band wasn't as interesting either. This felt more like elevator music than the last one. Liked Songs: "Doralice" , "Só Danço Samba" ,"The Girl From Ipanema" , "Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)"
it’s okay
I don't love jazz. Portugués
Bossa nova is not really my scene. Happy enough to have it in the background for a themed dinner party but not for my general listening pleasure I’m afraid
Album was pleasant background noise. Entire thing sounded the same.
This is music you’d expect to hear when at a fancy restaurant. Brings a nice calming ambience, with impactful powerful grooves & a nice laid back approach to the vocals, keeping the overall vibe of the album very nice & chilled. Still not sure why the albums not called Getz/ Gilberto/ Jobim. Jobim features on pretty much all the album don’t understand why he didn’t get his name on the title. All the instruments compliments each other in such an interesting way. You have Gilberto’s nice guitar chords playing steady repetitive chords, as Getz’s gets to showcase what an impressive saxophonist he is. Jobin adding his gentle piano chords which flows through every track he’s included in. The voice of Astrud Gilberto, who I’m going to presume is the wife/ family member of the guitarist, is so gentle and unique. It fits this bossa nova sound very well, in fact I’d have liked to hear more of it. I understand the appeal of this album, and really enjoyed the introduction to bossa nova. However it’s just not something I will revisit that often so I think that reflects harshly in my rating. I did enjoy it as something different though. So much respect for it being the first non-American album to win Album of the year, that’s very cool and I can totally see why. Favourite tracks are: ‘The Girl From Ipanema’, ‘Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)’, ‘O Grande Amor’.
Not for me. Smug French saxophone. Listenable though but not ideal
This may be a good example of bossa nova music, but man this was a chore to get through. It was even quite pleasant in parts but just found it so incredibly boring. Music to put yourself to sleep to.
I LOVE THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA. Thats all though
not much to say on this, i put it on the work speaker because i could only listen to this as background noise really. Forgot it was playing sometimes and didn't care to listen proeprly.
4 - BAD
Hard listen when immediately following Alice and Chains
Inoffensive, would be good for a lift/shop/hold music
Mitä ehmettiä näitä tulee monta putkeen
Jazz is OK but bossa nova is very far from my taste. Sounds brilliant and, listening objectively, it is a very good album.
Dineermuziek pur sang
Chill samba album. 4/10
Not my kind music
No interest
4. nice bossa nova + girl from ipanema
Very pleasant and chilled late night background cocktail lounge music. Doesn't get my juices flowing but its not going to make any ears bleed.
A case where over-saturation and muzak-ification has pretty much ruined this for me. It’s pleasant, the guitar chords are interesting, but it’s just a bit nauseating and boring.
Mid and the vocals suck. Only good one is the first song.
It was nice and smooth but maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it. It feels like I should like this more than I did but it just felt fine
Nettes Hintergrundgedudel, aber mehr auch nicht.
Das hat alles seine Berechtigung, aber geht in meinem Geschmack komplett vorbei. Ich fand es todlangweilig und der größte Lichtblick war die Kürze.
Das war eigentlich ganz nett. Stört nicht, klingt sehr schön, aber reißt mich jetzt auch nicht mit. Kann ich mir vorstellen im Sommer auf dem Balkon nochmal zu hören
Die Aufnahmen zu Getz/Gilberto fanden 1963 in den A&R Studios in New York statt. Der US-amerikanische Tenorsaxofonist Stan Getz und der brasilianische Sänger und Gitarrist João Gilberto verbinden hier Jazz mit Bossa Nova, unterstützt von Astrud Gilberto und Komponist Antônio Carlos Jobim am Piano. Zu den bekanntesten Stücken gehören „The Girl from Ipanema“, „Corcovado“ und „Desafinado“. Das Album prägt die sanfte, rhythmisch zurückgenommene Ästhetik des Genres und wirkt bis heute stilbildend. Insgesamt ein ruhiges, stimmiges Werk mit klarer musikalischer Linie.
It’s pleasant and easy to listen to. Not my favorite and it was just background noise
Pleasant instrumentation. Might prefer without the vocals. Otherwise would be a good focus or chill background album.
It was cool at first but then I got bored of it pretty quickly. Bossanova is just too repetitive for my liking and all the songs just start to blend together.
Elevator music
First two songs were good, got boring after that. Just smooth elevator music and enjoyable vocals
Tää varmaan toimis paremmin jos ois ympärituiterissa jossain fiilistelemässä elämää, mutta ei kyllä muuten.
Tässä tais pari eri biisiä olla muutamalla variaatolla. Aluksi hymyilin kyllä ääneen ku musa on hissunkissun ja piti laittaa lisää volaa, niin yhtäkkiä Stan paukautti helvetinmoisella volyymillä saksofoninsa kanssa kehiin. En tiiä oliko tahatonta vai tahallista mutta nauratti silti lisäpisteen arvoisesti. Muuten aika pliisua meininkiä, eikä sovi kyllä tähän marraskuumeininkiin yhtään. Ehkä jossain rannalla kookosdrinkkiä siemaillessa voisi kääntyä kolmoseksi, mutta nyt persemiksauksen ansiosta 2 tähteä (ilman sitä yks)
Hissimusiikkina alkoi ja hissimusiikiksi jäi.
Aika perus loungea. Melkein tykkäisin enemmän ilman laulua.
Aika rajua aulamusaa. Girl from Ipanema oli entuudestaan tuttu, ihan hyvä styge kyllä mutta muuten vähän puuduttavaa menoa. Ei nyt kuitenkaan ärsyttänyt, niin mennään kahdella tähdellä.
It’s well recorded and has some good playing. If you like chill background music this is cool, I find bossa nova dull and irredeemably repetitive though. 34 minutes that feels like and hour and a half.
p64. 1963. 2 stars. Dreary Latin jazz. Saved from 1 star by "The Girl From Ipanema" (45rpm single version, not the droning album version) and the fabulously named drummer, Milton Banana.
A cosy album, easy listening. Unsure why two tracks are repeated.
If we talk about great background music this is really great one.
Neither jazz nor bossa nova are my kinda music, but since the album opened with a track that is familiar in so many ways, I tried to give it a try, beyond just few feels. It melted into background music, few pretty bits here and there, but mostly I was awakened from my stupor by thinking "this is annoying" and finally gave up midway through the second to last song.
My god this was so boring. Like elevator music (I actually think some of this literally is elevator music). For me this genre is very "you've heard one, you've heard them all." It's not unbearable, but really, really dull.
It's fine - I'd rather just have the music, but that's just me. Never a bit fan of jazz singing.
I love bossa nova and Jobim, to be honest when I saw this album pop-up, I couldn't believe. It was a impossible miracle, and it hit me when I didn't expect. Even though I love bossa nova really much, this album is not really for me. I love it when it has less vocals, and sometimes the instruments supresses the vocals or the other instruments so it sounds weird. This album probably was pretty big milestone for bossa nova world and it's important, and even though I can understand that, not for me.
Like listening to the Wii Shopping Channel theme for half an hour, but annoying
Jazz...soft, silky bossa nova jazz, with vocals and some piano, too. Bad recipe for me. I mean, it doesn't suck, I would just never choose to listen to it.
The girl from Ipanema is a classic.
3/10
Not a Bossa Nova fan. 4/10
Listened too easy I'm just not a jazz person yet
1,7/5
Super vibes my, his whispery singing makes my brain itch a bit. The woman’s voice is beautiful. The music is beautiful, it’s just not really my thing and I probably wouldn’t reach for this album again.
It was okay background music but not something I would go back to
too much bossa nova in this list
Was that the same song 10 times?
Not a fan of bossa nova
Not my thing
Muzak, but in Portuguese.
👀, boring!
Girl From Ipanema will be stuck in my head for weeks, and not in a good way. In a "Don't Stop Believin" kind of way.
nope, not my style.
It’s smooth, it’s kinda fun. It’s also something I’ll never listen to again.
Feels a bit hollow - I do like easy listening and bossa nova but this feels a bit less than the sum of its parts
Boring album
Ok
A bit boring and forgettable.
Can appreciate the musicianship. Not my thing though.
This was ok in small doses for me. Gets very boring after listening to a few songs in a row. They all bleed together and sound the same without much going on. Cool for background music
What a strange man
Like a smoky Brazilian lounge, with a cool cat in a fedora on the sax.
I have complex feelings about this album. The ripples of this release are still felt in music made today. Some of my favorite records are infused with the Bossa nova sound that this album pioneered. During my listens, I did enjoy having it on and felt like it blended in to the background seamlessly. But that seamlessness turned out to be one of my biggest issues here. I hate to say it, but I found this album quite boring. Aside from the iconic first track ("The Girl From Ipanema"), all of the songs seemed to run into each other without much ado. I know it was intended to be easy listening, and it was easy. The problem is that it wasn't much else. Even though it's an important and extremely well-done piece of work, I just don't think this album is for me. It left me feeling a bit unsatisfied, like it was a beautiful setup for a story that said nothing.
Holdt med én låt for meg. Noe coffee-tabe jazz fra youtube med noe fæle vokaler oppå. Settes ikke lavest pga. årstallet. Dette er kanskje originalen som har havna på tuben xD
I guess not bad ...
„The Girl from Ipanema“ is nice. But the rest is just to repetetive for me :(
Really well executed. Great musicianship. Still made me feel like I was waiting for the Dentist.
quite relaxing, but mood dependant
Album da sottofondo. Musica rilassante e un po' malinconica o vagamente romantica. Album da ristorante in riva al mare. Voto: 5/10 (o 2/5) sebbene la composizione sia
Years ago, I started working for a department store that was on the verge of being bought out by a competitor. The store played bad covers of music like this. Thinking back, I'm not surprised they were getting bought out. These are not bad songs, but hearing Corcovado again takes me back to the outdated attempts at sophistication at that store.
More like bossa no-thank you. It's fine, very much not my style. It's so background music, that I forgot I was listening to something
Jazz really isn't my favorite. This would be ok in the background. Not something I would be drawn to otherwise.
Fine. A bit boring, but fine. Good background music for a restaurant I suppose.
Are these ALL from the 60s 😡 This is just several versions of the girl from Ipanema, luckily just 37 mins album.
this is one of those albums that feels like a postcard from somewhere warm and elegant, but i never quite arrived there myself. it’s beautiful, but i couldn’t help feeling like i was standing outside the party, watching through the window with a drink i didn’t order. i don’t listen to a lot of bossa nova, so maybe this is just a genre mismatch. i’m used to albums where more things happen, where tension builds, where songs break or swell or change shape. this doesn’t really do that. it just kind of floats. it's polite. the melodies are soft, the guitar is lovely, and the saxophone slides through like it’s trying not to wake you up. it’s genuinely relaxing, but sometimes that also feels like a long exhale with nothing to anchor it.i get why this album is iconic. i really do. “The Girl From Ipanema” is gorgeous and completely deserved its immortality. Astrud Gilberto’s voice is one of those voices that doesn’t try too hard and still gets under your skin. João’s playing is intricate but effortless. Getz is Getz. and yet, by the halfway mark, i caught myself zoning out. again: maybe that's me, not the music.
Bossa Nova on oikein hidasta ja tunnelmallista jazzia. On sitä vaikea kuunnella mutta varmasti paikkansa löytää.
not my taste
The Girl from Ipanema is a banger
A mislim lijepo zvuči, ne mogu reći da ne, samo mi trenutno ne sjeda ta bossanova na tmurno kišno jutro. Znam njegove stvari otprije, tako mi nije ni neko iznenađenje. Bit će 2/5, 3.5/10
Ah, my least favourite genré, with a lot of saxophone, an instrument I mostly hate. And they're singing in portuguese, a language I find unpleasant. Skip.
Every single one a bossa. No progression to this album at all. Listen to one, try to remember what commercial it was in. Then you do t have to spend any more time because they are all the same
Might be good but I just don't like jazz. 2 stars or D for me.
Pleasant background music, but I have to rate the album as an active listening experience.
Jaaaaazzzz…nice! Not my cup of tea.
The Girl from Ipanema has gotten some TikTok traction as well. Album was fine not bad but not for me. 5.1/10
it was okay
nye, no l'he acabat pero the girl from ipalama esta guai
Forgettable
It was OK. 2/5
Jazz again
Another jazz album that didn't do a lot for me. I don't think it was bad, I just can't say I enjoyed it all that much. It was subdued and quiet, which I liked better than it being overly jazz-tastic. But, it also just kind of blended into the background. It sounded like something that would be playing at a cafe in the morning. That is good in its niche, but isn't really something I like more than that. I did like Girl from Ipanema, which is obviously a very famous song and I had heard before. I don't know that the other tracks were very memorable. It's also not an album I see myself listening to again. Unfortunately I think this is another casualty of my lack of interest in the genre. For me it was fine, but not all that good. Overall: 2.2/5
Fine. Every tune basically sounds the same to me.
Not much for jazz/lounge music
Its fine.
Just don't like Jazz, man. 2 stars.
Kenn ich ganz wenig, aber Stan getz mag ich gerne. Gute summer vibes Hört sich alles sehr ähnlich an.
Не напряжно, но скучно
5/10 This is supposedly the definitive bossa nova album and I’ve enjoyed the couple I’ve had already. But, like them, this doesn’t get me going properly. Well played, well sung, nice vibes. But this is background music not foreground music. Ultimately a little boring. Best: Garota de Ipanema
couldn't tell you where the first song ended or the second song began. felt like one long soothing song.
Oude jazz
Jazz.
Perfect dinner party music
Songs than my Nan liked
I do appreciate a bossa nova beat, but the clipped and close vocals are off-putting and prevented me from fully enjoying the music. Highlight: Corcovado