Getz/Gilberto

Today in jazz music anyone can enjoy... This was fine if you like easy listening jazz stuff. It's nothing challenging or impressive, but apparently selling a bunch of units is sufficient to get anything on this list.

Weirdly I got the pixies bossanova yesterday then the real thing today. This was pleasant but not something I’m likely to listen to.

As a few before me have noted, this is a pleasant but otherwise uneventful elevator ride.

Pleasant, talented, bit dull.

I feel like I've read, "[x] is considered the record that popularized bossa nova worldwide" at least three times so far throughout this journey. Also, I'm not sure what it is, but bossa nova always strikes me as music for toddlers - due to its gentleness, not lack of intellectual prowess! Anyway, this was a subdued and relaxing listen, though dull for my taste. Listened to: at 5MW. Favorite tracks: Corcovado

I honestly can’t even remember this I was just too excited for Alice in chains, sorry stan

So chilled but can't see myself playing it again

Pleasant enough but maybe a little low key for anything but background music. (19 known/31 new)

It's a decent jazz album to end the week. I liked the two singles. However, I've heard better jazz albums before. Also, I'm not too keen on bossa nova. All of the songs are nearly the exact same. 2 stars for "Getz/Gilberto".

This album is fine but at the end of the day I find this style to be pretty boring. It’s produced well enough, and it’s executed well, but it’s not really my bag baby.

Very pleasant to listen to. I particularly enjoy the sax. It ultimately feels a bit dated, and with so many non-English lyrics I found it a bit challenging to connect with it. Came very close to 3 stars, but because I didn't connect to any single song I'm rounding down.

2/5. It's elevator music, but not bad.

As I was listening to this album my partner walks in and asks "Are you on hold? " While Girl From Ipanema is a classic, much of the album does feel like it should be interrupted by a digital voice telling me that my call is important and to please stay on the line. After the anxiety inducing album from yesterday (New Forms) this was actually very welcoming.

Like the jazz stuff, but bossa nova is not the most exciting music to be honest.

Kicking off with atrocious vocals was a choice; I can see why covers fared far better. I don’t hate this record, but it’s mildly irritating at best.

I have no idea what this is. Back ground dinner music for Don Draper or the soundtrack to a hard boiled private eye in the back of a cab in the pouring rain. I’m sure it’s great but not for me.

Girl from Ipanema is a catchy and brilliant track perfect for many movie soundtracks But jazz can go fuck itself

I guess some elevator music is better than others but I just can't see myself choosing to come and listen to this other than to have pleasant background noise rather than silence. Just not my thing but nice enough and inoffensive.

A perfectly pleasant listen, but nothing more. A great album for a hotel lobby, or a restaurant that's trying to be cool but not trying too hard. 2/5.

"The Girl from Ipanema" is a great song, the rest of the music is listenable, background music. 2.5/5

pretty repetitive with the trumpet or wtv but overall pretty good, chill music. i imagine myself in a coffee shop

Great album not my jam. Oddly goes well with MIA

Just not my thing. Not saying this is a bad album but light piano and sax is not for me.

Dull, waify hotel café jazz album which feels like the same cafe mocha served over and over. Might be ok in said café.

2 finished listening 12/13

The only song i enjoyed was "Desafinado". The rest felt like it was the same song. Too simple; a relaxing album only.

Nice and mellow. Same repetitions ended up putting me off. Didn’t really enjoy Gilberto’s spoken lyrics. Enjoyed looking up some information about the album.

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.

Some enchanting music being played on this album, wish I could tell you which instruments they were but nevertheless they sounded wonderful. I imagine this kind of music would be great to listen to live at some bar. Very similar to jazz music for me, in the sense that I like what I’m hearing but I have no idea what I’m hearing and again much better enjoyed live. Unfortunately I wasn’t at a jazz bar on Spanish night and I did get quite bored listening towards the end due to me not knowing what I was hearing. The fact that it was a short album half made up for the pitfalls, if I could I would’ve given it a 2.5

Wanted to write a more thorough review for this. Felt a bit like scrooge when he gets dragged about by that big fat ghost, to look at people having a good time. I felt like I half understood the music and kind of liked it at points, but quickly realised it wasn't for me.. I was the ghost at the musical feast. The girl from Ipanema has given me earworms- having been thrust onto the album twice, and now I feel like I'm stuck in some weird elevator/Wii Sports menu loop, with this soft, playful and utterly repetitive jazz music eating away at my brain. It's nice music, like the sort of music you'd hear at a classic Spanish seafood restaurant. A little band of moustachioed men in the corner, playing what sounds like the same song, over and over again- because I'm too musically illiterate and foreign to understand it properly.. and that's not their fault. I'm happy to admit I shouldn't be in this restaurant at all. My blind date (who is absolutely bulkier than her carefully curated Tinder profile would suggest) has delusions of grandeur and wants to pay nearly 90 euros for what I can only assume is a prawns anus on some fig leaves. None of this is for me sadly, el burger and chips for this uncultured slob por favor.

I felt like i was stuck in a laundromat in some strange small town in america. This music seems like the perfect music to have playing live in the background when going on a classy expensive date with a woman who you're actually really interested in and who can hold a good conversation. Problem with that is that it's expensive and there isn't actually an interesting woman that can hold a good conversation that exists in real life. They're all in movies, reading scripts written by blokes who know what would be interesting conversation for a woman to have. Not bad music at all though. At times I felt Like Andrew Nayman, playing in a great band but constantly ready for Fletcher to dash a chair at my head or verbally abuse me. But I like that Whiplash alot, so it gives it extra points. Side note - a bloke wrote that movie too.

It was ok. The music became background noise after a couple of tracks.

I despise jazz, but this isn't too terrible, really.

I was not familiar with this album at all. Apparently this helped popularize Bossa Nova music. I have also learned that Bossa Nova music is like Samba music, but with more emphasis on melody rather than percussion. I appreciate the music and that it sounds like it is played well, but this album is not something I would listen to normally. My parents probably would have enjoyed it though.

Feeling a bit up and down this morning, don't know whether it's because I'm in a strange mood or because I have just spent 40 mins listening to lift music. It was OK but not what I would choose

Lounge tunes. Made me wanna put on a suit and smoke a cigarette but probably wouldn’t revisit.

The dry saxophone sound gave me chills in the worst way.

Nice muzak

..

Girl from ipanema rocks, and this was cool, but instrumental stuff like this is sort of unexciting to me mostly…

Sopivaa musiikkia lomaresortin kahvilassa soitettavaksi.

This is not the type of music I like.

Why do the words “bossa nova” conjure up images of Mambo number 5? Is Lou Bega’s seminal Mambo No. 5 the updated Girl From Impanema? Ehhhhh this is off to a rough start. Back up from the mic. Ahh the female vocals work way better here. And the saxophone is nice. It’s unfortunate that this is now the elevator song from movies, as I can’t say it’s bad. This is too happy. I would prefer to be able to understand the lyrics but I have yet to commit myself to learning English, let alone Portuguese so I’m flying blind with Doralice. The vocals do seem too happy but the music is nice. The vocals are too close. Is that a complaint I can have?? I’m not a huge vocal jazz fan. Anyway. Saxophone is nice, but it’s all so accessible and therefore, a little dull. Whispering singing. Terrible. Unedited lip smacking. Get back to the saxophone. Thank you. Yeah the singing doesn’t work. Now the female vocals are good-great. The English lyrics help my personal enjoyment as well. NOOOOO STAY OFF THE TRACK MAN. Somebody should’ve just said all his vocal tracks got lost and released the album without them. It’s talking off rhythm too close to the mic. This song is an instrumental which is better, but exposes another problem this album has. The guitar and percussion is stagnant and pretty much the exact same all the way through. He sounds like a shy high schooler afraid to sing at a school talent show. This one is a head scratcher. I like the overall tone and vibe of the album for the most part. I HATE the male vocals. The saxophone had a cool tone but the background instrumentation was lowest common denominator metronome music. The atmosphere can’t be denied, but the rest of it will leave my head before I’ve closed this tab. Lou Bega is rolling in his grave. 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Girl from Impanema, Corcovado.

Brazilian music. Not for me

Not my thing. I guess it's probably fine if it is, but it just sounds like tiki bar background music to me. It all sounds pretty much the same, which is great if you just want bland background music while you're trying to chat up drunk, divorced cougars, I guess.

Some light jazz that I wouldn’t really pick

Felt wrong not being in an elevator for this

forgettable!

Fine just a bit boring

I wouldn't listen to this again as something to particularly listen to, but it would be great as an album to play while having a dinner party.

I don’t enjoy this kind of jazz.

Do all Brazilian albums in this list require at least two versions of "Girl from Ipanema"? Haven't Brazil produced anything other than elevator music?

taalmixje, wel een vibe, klink of t in queens gambit heeft gezeten, die periode. niet iets wat ik los zou luisteren.

Calm but boring

All these songs sound the same. Fine if you like it, boring if you don’t.

Smooth, jazzy, bossanova. It’s certainly a vibe. My main orientation to this album is obviously “the girl from ipanema” an office and grocery store staple. Looking past all of that, there is something seductive here. And the instrumentation is clearly virtuosic. Unfortunately, it’s not anything I’ll be coming back to any time soon.

It wasn't bad

Pleasant enough and reminds me very much of my holiday in Rio. Not one I would play often, though.

Doo-be, do-be-do...

If 'the girl from Ipanema' is an original then that gets it another star.

It's fine enough background music but washed over me

Listened Before? N Meh. More foreign language stuff. Good music so +1 but I'll pass. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: The Girl From Ipanema

Ah now. Did we not have the girl from Ipanema already????

just pleasant background noise. I won't be listening to this again though, unless it's in a film as background music

Mellow sax over light piano and the snare with brushes make for perfect background dinner music (and not much else.) Songs are pretty similar and dated - Getz/Gilberto comes in at (2.4*s)

This album has a vibe but a lot of it is the same and doesn't really have any teeth. Maybe I'll revisit when I don't have any either. Overall, it's a bit too snoozey and lackluster. The songs with the female vocalist are better but still missing something. The album is old and somehow it put that on display (the sax even sounded furry). I'll blow the dust off this one in 40 years, it probably sounds better through hearing aids anyway.

It was OK but reminded me of Mary Tyler Moore doing the dance scenes on the Dick vanDyke show when my parents watched it. I wouldn't ever choose this for myself.

I can appreciate it but not my thing

Just kinda meh. Every song sort of sounded similar. 2/5

Good background music I guess... Standout song: Corcovado

Elevator music

Getz/Gilberto Short review today. The Girl from Ipanema, it’s such a great song that most versions are good, and I do like the arrangement of this one, a pleasant listen. After that though it veers from pleasant but forgettable to plain forgettable. Nothing truly bad, but nothing truly good. I actually drifted off to sleep the 2nd time around. I’ll go 2 ⭐️⭐️

ok

Aight

No

I fell asleep listening to this, which is a first for the list. I'm not sure how far I got into it but had to start over the next day when I woke up. This is a pleasant album but not only does it have no bite, it has no teeth. The way this was recorded, especially the sax, makes this sound older than it actually is. Really not my thing.

I admittedly haven't listened past Girl From Ipanema previously. Doing so now, I don't feel as if I've missed out up to this point. I consider this a part of some sort of music appreciation class. It's important for it's importance. How that came to be, I'll never really understand. Sort of like reading Dickens now. So what?

This is very pleasant to listen to….but it’s all pretty much the same. Very easy going. I like the sparse arrangements, light background music to accompany whoever has the lead, voice or saxophone. Again with the sax, not always crazy about the sound. His tone sounds like it’s always leaking air - as if the sax’s throat won’t clear. But his choice of notes is spot on. I love that his improvising still has a nice melodic line to it. I preferred the other Stan Getz album, with Charlie Bird, but this would make nice dinner party music.

Ya like jazz?

So smooth and plinky-plonky that it becomes annoying

This is so serene I can barely pay attention to this. It's not bad, but I don't think I could even enjoy it as background music.

Not for me!

I understood Syd Barret's lyrics better. Is this guy singing in Portuguese? In any language Mr. Gilberto's voice is smooth and silky like a warm cocoa mocha. And so is his wife's. The whole album is smooth. But it's a little on the easy listening side for me and feels like the same cafe mocha served over and over. Can't just ONE song be a double espresso? I usually prefer my jazz: jumping, swinging, groovn or fucked up. But this is some of the best hold music that the 20th century has to offer. Your call is important to us. You are number (86) in the que. Please draw yourself a bubble bath and hold for the next available operator.

This was definitely jazzy bossa nova, I guess.

It’s got Girl From Ipanema but otherwise this is wallpaper

6/10

I should find out more about this album. I can recognise it's stature, maturity and importance but I just have no connection with this type of music at all. It's from a different generation and mentality. A lost time for me.

Nice to have on in the background, but I'd probably enjoy it a lot more if they lost the vocals.

No. Just no. 70s stereo with vocal in one ear. Sounds like a porn movie.

It’s jazz alright. Not my style

Klein, unauffällig, jazzy. Girl from Ipanema hat man mal gehört. Alles in Allem eher was für den Hintergrund einer Airport-Lobby.

Elevator music: the album.

Somebody said yesterday’s was elevator music but this is elevator music frfr. Girl from Ipanema is a classic but it doesn’t save the album from being boring. 4.5/10

good for studying. i wouldn’t just listen to this though so it gets a 2

Not really my style of music but I did like the classic song The Girl From Ipanema.

girl from ipanema

Sleepy bedroom bossanova Getz and Gilberto are great but Jobim’s songs all sound the same.

Not for me. 2⭐️

Wow, I really don't like this genre of music. The whole album feels like I am trapped in the lounge of a hotel. I understand how some people like this music, but I rarely, if ever, had the desire to listen to bossa nova. This album just proves that I still don't like listening to it. Favorite Song(s): N/A

A boring record that won't offend your 75 year old wife at dinner

Jazzy, dancy thingy. Not my jam

Was definitely different and enjoyed some of it.

nms

Yeah influential album whatever. girl from impanena is pretty good, rest is meh i did not enjoy

I think I would have a very different opinion of this album if I'd been listening in the cold UK. As it was I was listening in lovely warm sunshine which suited the music. Having said that I wouldn't rate it that highly. A listenable low 3* ?

Good background music.

I really don’t know what to write… Saxophone comes to mind

Pleasant enough, but not something id seek out

Sommige nummers kende ik wel, maar ik zal dit zelf niet snel opnieuw luisteren.

Jazz classic - but then too elevator music for me

back ground music

Groovy, jazzy, smooth music. There is a reason that this style is the quintessential “elevator music.” It’s very mellow and calming but not thing really reaches out and grabs ya. Girl From Ipanima is great but still bears the burden of being “elevator music.” Will listen as background. Nothing too exciting on this album.

All in spanish, pretty and jazzy. Good chill background music. 4/10

J'ai bien aimé, mais c'est pas trop mon type de musique. J'avais quand même l'impression de faire un voyage en voiture, mais juste quand il y a le coucher de soleil.

Ok

Not really into jazz with words, apparently.

Music for people who are good at dancing. I am not good at dancing.

Not my thing. Nice background music

Wel weer eens iets anders, en ook niet heel vervelend. Maar daar win je de oorlog natuurlijk niet mee.

I've heard of one song, the rest were not my style.

2.5

More jazzy world music, from Brazil. Does contain the best (for me) version of The Girl from Ipanema. I've had world music overload, there's a little too much on the list for my tastes.

Shmeh

Alright light listening music for work

I don't know enough about Jazz (or anything at all really) to appreciate this album or write anything remotely insightful or intelligent about it. When The Girl from Ipanema started playing I thought "oh, they covered that song." I really hope these reviews can't be seen publicly ....

a hangja számomra elviselhetetlen, a muzsika viszont chill

too easy listening for my taste. probably not the fault of the musicians of this album, its just what it is strong 2

2.5 not bad, just not for me.

Aivan hyvä. Rauhallista pimputtelua.

Zasypiam przy takim, jakiś jazzik jeszcze po chyba portugalsku, odpadam. Brzmienie spoko chociaż takie jednostajne że idzie się pociąć

Did anyone else think the saxophone was way too loud in the mix? The Girl From Ipanema and Corcovado are classics though.

I know this is good music just not my style.

Laivamusaa viimesen päälle. Ei selkeää otepintaa ja soi sujuvasti taustalla. Vaikea antaa enempää kuin 2*

Really chill and i think mostly background music. Also can't really distinguish between the different bossanova songs. Kinda sounds all the same.

It’s good, just a little too “elevator music” for my tastes.

What

When you go to a shitty gala and they hire a shitty band to play the music while you eat... this is what you get. I think there are better Getz albums that could have been picked to show off the improvisation he was known for with this sax. Take the tracks O Grande Amor and Vivo Sonhando. These are brilliant and show off Getz's skill with the sax, but everything else really limits this man's brilliance on this album and that is a shame.

Nice and smooth, should be listened to in a posh hotel foyer! All tracks very similar on account of the need for a sax and guitar solo

nice enough to have on in the background without anything particularly to note musically - wouldn't bother again

Bossa nova? More like bossa no-thanks, amirite? Talk about a boring genre. It's just utterly empty of energy. Just... flaccid saxophones, lazy guitars, and near-comatose vocals all day long. Seriously, being a bossa nova drummer has to be the most boring gig in music. And don't get me started on the obnoxious stereo mix. Almost everything is hard-panned and the mix is unbalanced. And, at times the bass completely overdrives the mic. Which is WILD considering how apathetic the bass player seems to be about the gig. It's not like he's digging in going hard. He's not even paying attention. And neither was the engineer, I guess... No, this isn't a great listening experience. Not on any level, really.

enjoyed the swingy swings

No issues with this album at all. I can't say I'll ever revisit it, but it was enjoyable enough and short. Girl From Impania is the highlight. A high TWO

Nice elevator music

Okey dokey

When he started singing he sounded like a perv. Not really my bag. Too MOR

I don't know that much about jazz so it's harder to gage, but in general it was alright

Stan and Joao's covers are a little slow for me - a little too subdued and sleepy. The album is mostly known for "The Girl from Ipanema" - the shorter, all-English version that sold in the US as a single (vocals by Astrud Gilberto, Joao's wife at the time) has a bit more pep to it.

smoother than a veeted testicle.

It’s ok I suppose. I see this pop up on a lot of vinyl groups I’m in so it’s obviously one that lots of folk love (either that or it’s somehow become known as a MUST have on vinyl for some reason and people buy it because they think they should have it?) Either way, it wasn’t my bag baby.

Ok. Similar to some other Brazilian samba type music I’ve listened to before, but have to be in the mood.

FFS, another bossa nova album? No. I refuse. Giving it a 2 and moving on.

WTF is up with all the bossa nova albums?! It's so irritating. Like I mentioned before, there are international albums that deserve attention. Boooo!

Can we just say no to the Bossa Nova

I couldn't really get into this. Wanted to like it but every song sounded exactly the same. 2.5 stars

As albums go, it's fairly one-note. It's more like one song played 10 times. I guess if you like 'The Girl From Ipanema', then you're really going to enjoy this.

I’m not a jazz girl.

its a mid

Great coffee shop music

Not a fan of Bossa Nova in general. I found the guitar and vocals quite boring. I did enjoy the sax playing though.

The musicians show impressive restraint, but to be honest most of the Latin music I’ve fallen for on this list has a bit more vim and vigour to it. I was charmed at first but it quickly became indistinguishable from any old smooth background jazz. This would probably be the perfect soundtrack to a romantic candlelit dinner on a balmy evening in a South American restaurant. Unfortunately that’s not a situation I find myself in very often.

Me, the heartless fuck, the absolute buffoon, found this album to be very boring. I'm very rarely in the mood to listen to some bossa nova, and this day was no different. I can't even say this is "elevator music" as a gotcha, since "The Girl from Ipanema" is literally the cliché elevator music they use in movies. It's also the best song on the album and the only one that I can recall.

Pure wallpaper - and nothing more

I'm trying to avoid making any major life decisions that would lead me down a path that ends in appreciating bossa nova. Best track: Girl from Ipanema, I guess

Really not my thang, cat! I get how people dig this kind of thing though.

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did - because it's a legit classic in jazz circles. I guess I'm not into bossa nova...

I got through it fine. Soundtrack to some 60s romantic comedy. Nothing I would ever pick to listen to again though.

I was glad when it was over, nowhere near the quality of some similar albums we’ve had on the list- the only difference being the Latin American/Spanish vocalist that I could have lived without. Best track- when we had a bit of a vocal I could understand in ‘call me’ oh no wait a minute the album finished and I heard other stuff that sounded exactly the same! For that reason no best track or worst track as I don’t have a clue which is which. And for the fact it bored me, did nothing for my ears and there has been better before and I can almost guarantee still to come it scores a 1/10

Getz/Gilberto Just dull. Sorry. It's not that I don't like jazz or bossa nova or whatever. We've had examples already that were infinitely better. But this was like being stuck on eternal hold, or in the lounge at a poncy city hotel. Again, I don't have a best or worst because they all blended into one. I yes, I do feel a bit guilty cos I'm sure this is as good as it gets for some folks but.....🤷 2.5/10

It's been 100+ albums since we've had anything like this, so I appreciated the change of pace. Also, it was nice hearing Astrud again. However... I truly, truly hate saxophone solos. I seem to be OK when they're relegated to background support, but like the harmonica, once a sax takes center stage, I have a very real physical reaction. In fact, at one point near the 30-minute mark, I reflexively ripped my headphones off yelping in pain at a particularly blaring bit. I'm not sure where this trigger comes from, and unfortunately, I can't afford the required therapy to investigate this right now - but suffice it to say, this has to be a hard fail for personal reasons.

no. wasnt for me at all.

I liked the jazz-like sound, though it's not something I'd normally listen to. Portuguese is a nice language and it was really interesting to listen to it in music.

Not my thing.

Just not my taste

Pleasant enough I suppose, but not my bag

Pleasant enough but not something I would listen to

Really quite unpleasant to listen to. One star. Tom.

No me gusta...

One song doesnt make an album

The girl form ipanema es la única que disfrute. No disfruto mucho este tipo de canciones

no me gusta este tipo de música y tampoco el portugués

Not for me

0/10 bekannt 3/10 Beste Songs: the girl from Ipanema, Corcovado, doralice Jazz ‘ne

Puedo valorar el gran sonido del álbum pero no es mi estilo. Eso si, la primera canción del disco sonaba exageradamente bien

Unfortunately, I think this has become synonymous with "elevator music" or "musak" 0/10 liked

Not really my vibe. Can see how it might be pivotal in the shape of jazz music but just a bit boring for mind

Not my cup of tea.

Meh

The only truly bad music is boring music, and this is super boring. Might actually be the worst music I’ve ever heard, because it is so incredibly boring.

Non il mio genere, mi sembrano tutte identiche

Not for me

Not for me

Bosta nova

It's a shame that this music became the background sound in elevators. I'm sure it's good, but it fades away that I completely forgot it was playing.

Cool and breezy… And kinda boring. Elevator/hold music.

Definitely not worth it.

Jazz

Boring but I get why someone might like it. Elevator music.

i hate girl from ipanema

Bland and boring. The vocals are not the highest quality, and instrumentation is at times atrocious. Much better music was already played probably 20-40 years before. I can't seem to fathom how this album could be held in any regard and be inspiration to anything after.

Sorry not my style at all. I actually recognized the first song Girl from Impenema.

Can I just say, the cover is a real beaut - the fonts, the palette, the composition - all top notch. I'm almost tempted to give extra marks for the design alone. Sadly, the music sounds like pages from Ceefax. I mean, there's nothing "bad" about it - it is cheesy, breezy bossa nova and you can certainly stick it on in the background and chill out to it without being in any way challenged or invited to think or participate at all. But, in the end, doesn't that just make this little more than muzak?

I had a strange feeling that I was in an elevator during this album...

Nah

Summer days listening.

Not at all my thing

Kadett, Ulm, Deutschland. Turboschlecht!

?? no thanks

I can't get past the whisper/mumble and gooey mixing on this. It just rubs me wrong.

👎🏻

blues jazzet. Gider ikke at høre det.

“The Girl from Ipanema” is good but that may be from familiarity. The album isn’t bad, but I just felt nothing from it. I thought I’d have enjoyed it and found it relaxing. The brass was mixed too closely to the front and was startling at times. I didn’t get it and that’s probably on me

Not my jam.

Nah, mostly just singing. 1/5

39 minutes my ears will never get back

So repetitive

Not for me.

Not my thing but I did recognise one song

I usually am not one for hyperbole but this may be the worst album I have ever heard. Like it was absolute rubbish. No disrespect to Stan Getz of course. I would have happily not had any issues if I had not listened to this album before my death. In fact, this has made me question my life choice such as why did I listen to this album. I wouldn't even recommend this to my friends, let alone my enemies.

1 Star (2/15)

Perfectly fine if you're into this sort of thing but I am definitely not. Very delicate piano over even more delicate drums. Vocally doesn't blow me away. At least Sarah Vaughan has a beautiful voice. Theres nothing to grab onto, no vocal melody, catchy ear worm that gets stuck in your head. It's very nice background music at a fancy dinner party, or when drinking your morning coffee on a summer's day. But to actually sit, listen and concentrate on it, it's 40 minutes of the same, slightly dull stuff. This did absolutely nothing for me and I want a little bit more from music.

👎

Elevator music at a fancy hotel? Or soundtrack for Love Boat or Fantasy Island? To quote the legendary music critics Beavis and Butthead - "Uhhhh....what the hell is this crap?"

Absolutely not for me.

elevator music

There’s only so much that can be created from a bontempi organ on the bossa nova setting, and a saxophone. It was the perfect soundtrack to shredding old bank statements. The sound of the shredder added something that was missing on the original recording.

Sadly it got too repetitive with the same beat and rhythm near enough all the way through. A change of Latin beat may have boosted it up from 1

Nope! Not for me.

Like lift music, not for me

Well. It was certainly something

I tried but just couldn’t do it. Had to give up early. Just not for me.

咖啡廳

1.5

60’s

твърде мазно, нимоа , 1

What a snoozer. The entire band/sound engineer team must have been half passed out in hammocks or bean bag chairs while recording this album. I recognized "Girl from Ipanema" which is alright. Not going back to bossa nova samba jazz anytime soon unless I'm having trouble sleeping...Buenos Noches Senior Getz...0.8.

Felt like I sat in a hotel lobby lounge with mediocre background music that you don't realize is even there unless you specifically focus. After the first song it seemed like it was just a loop of the same dull jazz song. The one benefit of this album is it was very easy to tune out and ignore without feeling like you missed anything. Jazz albums continuing to get horrible reviews. Save your 30 mins and remove this from the list. .55 stars

Eine Mischung aus Jazz und Bossanova, nervig und Kopfschmerz fördernd. So muss Montags keine Woche beginnen. Völlig überbewertetes Album eines völlig überbewerteten Musik Genres. Schön, dass es überstanden ist.

Boring

And…. Nope. Bossa Nova= elevator music Really, really good Bossa Nova= elevator music Some of the greatest jazz musicians playing really really reaaaaally good Bossa Nova= elevator music I don’t like elevator music. One bonus star simply because it’s in Spanish Blech.

I'm not on heroin

Classic album, which I listened t occasionally in the past and could appreciate then, but for some reason is getting on my nerves these days.

More 60s crooning from this list, this time in Portuguese. Bland, yet irritating. I think, with the 2 versions on this album, I have heard The Girl from Ipanema five times now, and it is really starting to grate.

Corcovado is okay. The rest is a bit boring, really. Unless you like Bossanova, it's not going to set anything alight. Yes, some of the sax is good. The vocals are not interesting.

Nyet

this was a tough time

skip

Garota de Ipanema numa versão gringa foi simplesmente criminoso pra mim. Igualmente pra Corcovado.

Good - Girl From ipanema Rest of album poor

Bossanova not my type

Ugh

Not something I'd ever want to listen to. It wasn't bad, but not my style.

Not to my liking

I put this on for my drive home and almost immediately resolved to change it. Ten minutes later I remembered it was on and changed it. Jazzy bossa nova background music. Ew.

Would give 0 if possible.

I don't understand spanish

Nope. Pas pour moi

This sounds like muzak to my ears

Really not my style, got boring after 2 songs. Had a hard time even getting to the 3rd

Bossa nova soninho.

Not for us. Corey likes the girl from impanema though

No Not ok No

Oh

NOPE

This album popularised Bossa Nova in 1964 - it's now 2023 and it's not popularising Bossa Nova in our house. Boring.

Here we go again, sure Girl from Ipanema is beautiful and all the voices and instruments are amazing and you can absolutely have no negative comment on this. Why am I then after listening to the album bored, sleepy and even angry with the world? Cause I apparantly hate bossa-nova and wished it had never exsisted.

Utterly pointless

It has that song that everyone sorry of makes fun of, The Girl from Ipanema. But this is boring, well made jazzy non music. It's fine I guess.

Not horrible but I dislike that style of music, also lyrics have no meaning as I do not speak Spanish. Pretty boring honestly.

Tämä ehkä vain vaatii tiettyä asennetta minää ja maailmaa kohtaan, jota en löydä koluamalla sieluani. Henkilökohtaisesti levyn estetiikka saa minut tuntemaan oloni epämukavaksi omissa nahoissani, ja tekee minut kyyniseksi ja epäileväiseksi kaiken muun suhteen.

This just doesn’t do it for me.

Alweer zo iemand die over "Ipanima" zingt. Lijkt wel of alle rustige, beetje slaapverwekkende, muziek over dat meisje gaan. Het is niet slecht gezongen en de saxofoon speler zal ook best goed zijn, maar alles bij elkaar klinkt het een beetje als een goedkope karaokebar. *