Getz/Gilberto

not my usual style but its definitely a good album i might be going back to it☺️☺️

nice jazzy tunes.

This put me in such a chill state, really liked it.

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.

So very 60s lounge music. Cocktails and Mrs Robinson. Cool chilled vibe, enjoyable short listen. Not playing every day, but for a change of scenery, its a good album. The Girl From Ipanema is always a catchy earworm, in its many different renditions.

A few years ago on this list (I can't believe it's been so long that I can say a phrase like that), we had the album "Jazz Samba" by Stan Getz, which I really enjoyed. In the months after, I ended up listening to it a lot more, and it became one of my most-played albums. I even listened to this album, "Getz/Gilberto," and another Stan Getz album called "Big Band Bossa Nova" because I couldn't get enough of the style. This is a lovely, easy-to-listen-to album of bossa nova with wonderful solos. The piano and saxophone in particular stood out to me on this listen. I love how the music is both calming and upbeat. I find I can put it on in just about any situation and it fits the mood!

Certainly one of the best albums of all time, and probably the most important Bossa Nova recording ever made. Although I will say, this should really be called "Getz/Gilberto/Jobim", but maybe that's just my bias as someone who loves Jobim. "The Girl From Ipanema" might be the best bossa nova song ever. It's absolutely beautiful, the performances are so delicately dynamic and tight, and that chorus is as catchy as it gets while still keeping it's distinct rhythmic complexity. I love that it has English lyrics, that single choice most likely made the song so much more widespread throughout the world. It's a 4.7/5 for me. It's not my favorite album ever but it's just so important to this genre that I think it deserves the round up to 5.

Really nice, chill bossa nova. Girl from Ipanema sets the tone and the whole album makes you feel like you’re winding down gently after a hot summer’s day.

Jazz pop from the 60’s. Quintessential. You’ve heard these songs even if you don’t know it. Great album, solid listen through.

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.

Nice

Always fun to look at the name of an album and think “I don’t recognize this” and the first song starts playing and you say to yourself “ooooohhhh” Never listened to a lot of bossa nova but it was pretty solid!

The saxophone is great, but the singing feels monotonous. The complex chord voicings often sound similar, and combined with the consistent tempo and bossa-nova groove, it becomes too much of the same for me. Every song is great on its own, but as an album there just isn’t enough variation. Absolutely perfect for background music though. Favorite song: Só Danço Samba

Schönes Album

Stan Getz and João Gilberto are irreplaceable. I've enjoyed every chart of theirs that I've played, and it really does bring you closer with whatever band you're playing with (if it's the right group)

Mid and the vocals suck. Only good one is the first song.

Two legends create a legendary album.

One of my favorites!

A nice bit of bossa nova. Will definitely reappear in the summer

classic

Reminds me of Brazil! A little slow for my taste but we were fans nonetheless

Relaxing album and ok.

Pure bliss. 4/5 . Doesn't warrant many revisits

So fucking smooth, give me an icy cold bev on a beach somewhere with this shit playing on the background oh yeasss. I should listen to more bossa nova. 8/10

Classic genius

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

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

I think everyone knows The Girl from Ipanema without knowing it's The Girl from Ipanema. Shame it has become associated with Elevator music but it is. 3/5.

Smooth and relaxing. Girl from Ipanema shines here

A nice feeling of summer warmth to help thaw my soul as I try to make it through this terrible winter.

What a relaxing album! I really enjoyed having this on as background music. 4

Fabulous bossa nova with that unmistakable Getz sax over the top of it. Great to listen to, easy listen, nice background.

Listened while sitting in first class on my flight home from Thanksgiving, and it was the perfect album for that.

Good background music, but not something I'd listen to otherwise.

very easy listening… at Parts a bit lame and slow.

Love this album

Album 64/1001 My favourite album - absolute musical perfection that never fails in taking me to my happy place - aka Brasilllll 🇧🇷 😁 🇧🇷 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

Delightfully smooth album to listen to while having coffee with my love on a Sunday morning.

Nice.

This is a worthy album!

Es hilft, dass ich aktuell alles mit Saxophon gerne mag. Gutes Album für einen langsamen Samstagmorgen.

Nettes Hintergrundgedudel, aber mehr auch nicht.

5/5-Banger-Album voller Classics. Habs direkt 2x hintereinander durch geballert und dann noch 2h Spotify-Jazz-Bossa-Nova-Algorithmus hinterher. Beste!

Gestern nachts durch die Stadt schlendernd kam das schon echt gut, aber generell würde ich mich davon vermutlich weniger begeistern lassen.

Hat mir grundsätzlich gefallen. Bin ich aber auch gar nicht zu Hause mit.

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.

The Girl From Ipanema: cool sound, I appreciate how reserved and stripped back the arrangement is but. it's lowkey boring Doralice: more of the same *Para Machuchar Meu Coracao: more of the same but it hits this time. the tone of that saxophone is out of control, seriously. butter smoothie Desafinado: mostly forgettable. it's background music up until the sax solo Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars): this one is a vibe, beautiful track. it's bizarre how these songs are all so similar but I feel so certain one way or the other about them. I don't honestly know what is setting them apart for me. So Danco Samba: once again, kind of a nothingburger but the saxophone solo still rips O Grande Amor: not sure if I'm just not in the right mood to be listening to new stuff but I keep having to force myself to pay attention because my mind is wandering off to other things. it's good background music but I have a hard time focusing on it *Vivo Sonhando: really enjoyed this one so positives: I love an album that sets a mood. it's super consistent in tone the whole way through, so it's something you can throw on to create an atmosphere rather than something you need to listen to intently. it feels like dining at a dimly-lit romantic restaurant. my main criticism is that I just didn't find it that interesting or exciting, but I don't think that was really their intention while making it. some of the songs blur together a bit, and I wish that I was surprised like...ever during the runtime, but it's very good at doing what it set out to do. also every saxophone solo eats DOWN __ SCORE: 7/10 ADDED TO PLAYLIST: Para Machuchar Meu Coracao Vivo Sonhando

This was a great album. It makes me wonder if bossa nova is considered a sub-genre of jazz? It's very smooth with a melodic flare.

Full disclosure: I don't like jazz This was only 34 minutes, and I fell asleep twice trying to get through it.

It’s pleasant and easy to listen to. Not my favorite and it was just background noise

Smooth and cool, just perfect for an easy listen, or intimate dinner background music.

Lovely and classic. 60’s dinner party fondu vibes. Kinda made me want a martini at 8am - but it was also Tuesday.

It's chill jazz and that's great. But it's not my kind of chill jazz. I don't really care for vocals in my jazz. Overall, pretty good though.

Sounds like a delightful summer afternoon on a quiet beach.

A classic. The thing that saves this from going too far into the deep end of cheese is probably the singing in Portuguese, lol. There are other jazz albums I like more, but this a pleasant summer album to enjoy a banana pancake brunch to.

Well chill

Very relaxing and cool, but not something I'd listen to on a daily basis. 7/10 Favourite track: The Girl From Ipanema

listening when: in the morning omw to pilates thoughts: the cutest elevator music ever rating: only rating so low because this genre isn’t in my normal realm of every day listened 6/10 as a listen 9/10 as music

Smooth and jazzy, cool and classic. This was a great thing to listen to on a chill morning.

If you want to know why they call Bossa Nova the fusion of samba and jazz, listen to this album.

Album #972 Oh, so this is the original The Girl from Ipanema, and not the one on the Beach Samba album. Well, this is a very chill, relaxing album of similar sounding songs. I don't feel I need to listen again though.

No notes, je l'ai écouté en boucle une bonne demi-douzaine de fois. 4.75

Pleasant instrumentation. Might prefer without the vocals. Otherwise would be a good focus or chill background album.

I really enjoyed this album. Relaxing feel. Well performed songs. Great musicians.

smooth og hyggelig!

Sygt smooth. Var ret lækkert at lytte til

Soothing, cozy, great for autumn / winter times. You almost feel like sitting in a bar having this as the background music.

Bosanova/jazz transfusion, soothing Doralice Corcavado

A bit sickly smooth at times. But the grooves are undeniable.

Definitely an album for a warmer time and place. The Girl From Ipanema is obviously a classic, and the rest of the album is as good. I love the breathy sax sound that Getz is able to produce. Great listen.

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.

4/5

My music listening skills are not high enough to rate a jazz album. Kind Of Blue is supposed to be the best. I couldn't tell you for sure if is or not. This is in a similar catagory. Is this the best Bossa Nova jazz album? Is the Mona Lisa a great painting? Is Citizen Kane the greatest movie? Or is this album just one I need to listen to before I die because it's one of the better albums. Are there 5 more jazz or bossa nova albums like this that are better? I have no reference. This is fine to listen to on a rainy day with nothing else going on in your life. I don't hate it... and don't love it. It's perfect music for a cocktail party or lounging around on a rainy afternoon with nothing else going on in your life. My rating will skew more towards the middle only because I have nothing to compare it to... and other than the opening track I don't recognize anything. Also 95% of the album is not in English so I couldn't even appreciate the lyrics.

Excellent jazz record - boss of the bossa nova sound

Decent but a bit boring for me today.. boost for being atypical within the 1001 project

Elevator music

First two songs were good, got boring after that. Just smooth elevator music and enjoyable vocals

My speed.

Stan just Getz me man. Nothing wrong with listening to a little love making with a saxophone.

Start your day, or cap your night, with Getz/Gilberto, the best of both Brazilian bossa nova and American jazz worlds intermingled, and you'll soon find your mind wiped clean of worry, replaced instead with deep, contented tranquility and congenial warmth.

Could listen to this all day. Absolutely loved this

Chill vibes

VIVA PORTUGAL favorite track: Girl from Ipanema

Definitely not worth it.

PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE ALBUM EVER

(3.5) girl from ipanema was gold then it started blending together a bit

Ah oui Henri Salvadorinho je connais

I liked it

Jazz

I like this a lot. It's a once a year listen, for sure. For that and the iconic album art -- 4 stars.

Its something I could listen to around the house all day.

Blir ikkje særleg meir avslappande enn dette

This is almost literally hold music or elevator music. And it probably says something about me getting older that... I actually quite like it. It's soothing and very well made, and it's really good for focusing or background noise.

Rauhoittavaa ja hempeää bossa novaa. Tykkäsin fiiliksestä. The Girl From Ipanema tältä levyltä. Parhaat: The Girl From Ipanema, Desafinado, Corcovado, O Grande Amor

The album that birthed the Bossa Nova craze. This album was so massive it convnced Francis Albert himself to embrace it. 4.5/5

Jazz is fun always 4/5

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.

No tässois nyt sitten sitä bossaa ja novaa ja varmaan jatsiakin seassa. Pehmosta on saundi ja meno on myös pehmosta kun meikäläisen jutut. Ei oo taas kyl mitenkään kauheen tuttu genre muuta kun sen kautta mitä yks maailmanmusiikkimies on tarjoillut suosituksina. Kylhän minä niihin veisuihin lankeen ja tykkään eikä tääkään nyt tuo muutosta siihen näkemykseen, että kyl on niin mukavata kilkettä tämä. Ottijatuota kyl maar minä voisin tämmöstä kuunnella enempikin ja varmaan kuuntelenkin. Kunhan tää lista on kahlattu eka läpi. Eli sitten se on jo unohtunut lupaus, mutta tässä kohtaa iso huurteinen nelonen pöytään eikä sitä ainasta keskaria.

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.

Here we have our second Stan Getz collab album and I think I prefer this one. There's some really good energy here with songs like Só Danço Samba. Overall, the music in this album feels very romantic. Like I picture myself on a date at a french cafe while listening to this music. I suddenly have an urge to watch Ratatouille for some reason. 3.5 Stars

I’ve thrown faint praise around for albums being nice in the past. But this is Niiiice. Not in a jazzzz sense. Well, a bit in a jazzzz sense. You could describe most pillows as ‘nice’. But some pillows are just a different gravy. Whether it’s a fancy hotel pillow, your own pillow on your own bed … or that £149 space foam job is you saw in John Lewis that is both preposterous and weirdly tempting. Anyway, this is really good nice.

Have not heard. I knew one of the songs. Chill and easy listen.

I will not let the most bitterly cold day of the year so far ruin what is a truly incredible album. I've listened to this album before, I listened now, and I will listen again. It's the perfect soundtrack for the life you want to live.

Great music for lazing around with an exotic cocktail in your hand

I'll take any excuse to listen to this classic.

my fave music to work to. so nice

I dated a few Brazilians in my day and by dated I mean I was a slut

Listening to this while driving around… my car smells like the 48 meatballs in my passenger seat… Ratatouille vibes

Sultry, sensuous Sunday sensation

Chilled

Genius at work. Although you do need a cumfy pair of slippers and a cup of cocoa to enjoy it at its best.

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

Restaurant music

Giving this 3 because of the instrumentation and Astrid Gilberto's voice are smooth, but Joao should have just stuck to the guitar and no vox.

Flawless. I can understand the critique that it sort of blends together and fades into the background. But if you pay attention and keep that from happening, what you're treated to is a top-to-bottom grand slam of beautiful, subtle, exceptional jazz. Also, Astrud Gilberto is probably what angels sound like.

Very nice album!! The other non hit songs are also great.

I already listened to this one. Very nice and fun.

This is the best album of all time. Dude. I love bossa nova. God bless Brazil. I love the world and life. Change da world. My final message. Goodb ye.

A very specific mood is required for this one, but in the perhaps ~5% of cases where the stars align for me, this album works a treat. It gives off the feeling of being engineered for a light plod at dusk, or to be listened to over some mulled wine in a tiny, creaky, tucked away bar that few ever seem to visit. A warm, but also strangely distant listening experience in some ways.

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.

Nice lounge mellow album, good for relaxing or even reading.

somebody get me a caipirinha

Dieses Album war ein großer Schritt für den Jazz: Adaption lateinamerikanischer Rhythmen und Melodien. Ich mag den Saxophon-Sound von Stan Getz - den Gesang finde ich aus heutiger Sicht zu lapidar.

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?

A worldie and I like every track but I must be in the mood for it

The epitome of cool and smooth. Have owned this for a long time and enjoy it each time I hear it.

Inspired me to drink a second cocktail. Or possibly a third. But that doesn't mean it should be dismissed as cocktail jazz, because this is just so good.

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.

It’s got a vibe

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.

Great musicians, interesting music, but not a style of jazz that I will go back and listen to often.

Girl from Ipanema is fantastic. Samples galore all through the album. All feels like Magical Realism

7/10 Favourite: The Girl From Ipanema Least Favourite: None

Ugh. I love this album. Bossa nova is so good. I wanna be at a lounge on the beach having a nice drink and enjoying the views, having arrived in my convertible. But really, Getz is so good on sax, Astrud's voice is perfect.

The music of my student flat!

This is one of those Friday evening, couple drinks in me, chilling on the couch and just smoking a joint albums that hits like no other.

Of course there’s better, but for a lot of people, this is a crucial gateway into bossanova and maybe Brazilian music or jazz as a whole. It gets nothing but love with any easygoing audience.

Good ahh album. Listened to this in exactly the right environment (coffee shop). The girl from impanema is an all time banger

This was fun and had me bouncing a little in my seat,

The grooves on this album are really gentle to the ear. Really enjoyable, especially on a Monday morning.

If we talk about great background music this is really great one.

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

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.

4/5

The girl from one big hit on this album and the rest is pretty good if not a bit forgettable. 6/10

Seit Jahrzehnten auf Dauerschleife, stilbildend!

Now THIS is jazz.

I have never gone into a record store without seeing a copy of this in the used section for less than 5 dollars. Shoutout Brazil! Very relaxing album. Not something I would normally put on I like a little more bite in my music, but fine for the background while I was working. Favorite songs were The Girl From Ipanema, Corcovado, O Grande Amor.

A wonderful slice of bossa nova, a pleasure to listen to.

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.

Easily 5 stars, establishes the bossa nova sound and cemented some of that swinging 60s sound

Enjoyed this album and its jazz rhythm and vocals collaboration. The sound alone was elegant, beautiful album

Jeg var redd for at dette skulle være litt sånn ugh latin-musikk med kjipe rytmer og kjipere vokal, men heldigvis ikke. Chill af, som skapt for en søndags formiddag.

Veldig behagelig album! Ikke hva jeg forventet

Jeg har hørt på det albumet her ihvertfall fem ganger i løpet av like mange dager nå, fordi jeg ikke klarer å bestemme meg for om den skal få fem eller fire. Dette er vel et tegn i seg selv at den burde få en femmer

This exceeded my expectations and I actually really liked this. I think I generally prefer music with lyrics. Would like to listen to this at a beach bar.

It’s a good album for background music but not an album I’d actively put-on to enjoy. Bossa Nova just isn’t my thing I guess.

Loved it. I wish I were in a cafe in Europe in the 60s listening

fun album, nothing amazing

This is pretty fantastic, the only reason I’m stopping shirt of 5 stars is the vocals. Don’t get me wrong they’re not bad but I just don’t feel like it adds much to the pieces. I most likely will be back as this is one my daughter loves.

It's fine - I'd rather just have the music, but that's just me. Never a bit fan of jazz singing.

Yeah, pretty good stuff, probably won't listen to it again -- but it was enjoyable.....

eu lembro de ter escutado o getz/gilberto pela primeira vez quando eu tava na faculdade, numa noite bem bonita na real. fiquei bem emocionado e passei um tempo apreciando a lua com esse de fundo. foi uma noite boa. eu sou fascinado com bossa nova, e essa "releitura" com o getz é obra prima pprt, maravilhoso

ou, ser brasileiro é bom demais. claramente feito pra vender na gringa, os mano nem disfarça. mas é duma leveza, duma melancolia tranquila tão gostosa. a mistura perfeita entre jazz e bossa nova. não tem jeito.

A whole mood.

Why listen to anything else?

The joys of my eclectic tastes have me listening to this right after some brutal death metal. Practiced over many years though, my ears can handle these sorts of tectonic shifts. International success of Bossa Nova may have been temporary but, out of context, this album, a major factor in that success, just sounds timeless. I may not understand Portuguese, but to my ears, the language is actually melancholia. The beautiful vocals of both João and Astrud are ably matched by Stan’s sax as the melodic salve that belies the apparent sadness at the heart of the songs. Not even the crackles of my ancient beat up copy can stop the beauty of these recordings from enduring, 60 years on.

Albums like this are why I started doing 1001 Albums. I never would have picked this up on my own, but I’m so glad I did.

Highly pleasant listen but lacked the excitement I crave for a higher score

So nice to listen to. You listen to it and you say, “Oh yeah. That’s so nice.”

Good background music

Girl from Ipanema is amazing! Chill album

On the surface, it's tasteful music for Mad Men execs to drink their bourbons, throw up on carpets, and harass women to. But as overplayed and clichéd as The Girl from Ipanema has become, it was the gateway for millions into Brazilian music and the playing still sounds as slick today as I imagine it did back then.

Fun Bossa Nova record. It got boring but it still was fun.

I didn't want to turn it off and it didn't make me want to pass out so that's better than 50% of this list. I'll probably never listen to it again though. Guess it's a perfect 3.

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

Classic

Latino jazz, classic smooth

Great background chill music

Nice a pleasantly chill.

Absolute classic. I’ve been listening to this album long before this review so I was equal parts excited and disappointed I had to review it, as I knew it would be great but not new to me. Anyways for the actual review I’m just going to say that this album is perfect from top to bottom. The instrumentation is amazing and the vocals are beautiful. It’s not really informative I know but I don’t know what else to say. This album is a Jazz / Bossa Nova standard for a reason. Any person with an interest in this genre absolutely must listen to this album. Best tracks: Girl from Ipanema (both versions are stellar) Corcovado Worst Tracks: Can’t pick

Sounds like perfection in audio form but that kind of annoys me sometimes

Absolute masterpiece

João and Stan wrote it, album, oh so sweet and calm, timeless such a charm.

Brilliant. Knew some of the tunes on it, but not heard them all in one go. Delightfully uplifting. Great musicians.

Nah

sympa sympa

A true classic, and an excellent album to put on in the background during a get together.

No hay música mas hermosa que la que hace esta gente, si tuviera una coleccion de vinilos este sería un must. Con Getz en el saxo, Jobim en el piano y Gilberto en la guitarra, era literalmente imposible que este álbum saliera mal. Gente que sabe expresar el amor y la nostalgia en ritmos tranquilos, con la confianza de que transmiten lo que quieren transmitir para no hacer ruidos innecesarios. De lo mejor que tiene el bossa nova. Favs: Girl From Ipanema, Para Mechucar Meu Coracao, Desafinado, Corcovado Favs:

Flipando con que este album sea de los 60. Mis padres me lo ponían de pequeña. La musicalidad perfecta si me preguntan a mí. Si toda la música tuviese estos bpms, viviríamos más tranquilos, amén. Favs que no conocía: Para Machucar Meu Coraçao, Desafinado, Vivo Sonhando

Un instante cristalizado en el tiempo del que, afortunadamente, ya tenía constancia. Probablemente una de las conversaciones más íntimas entre dos mundos: el jazz estadounidense y la música popular brasileña. Un ejercicio de virtuosismo y sutileza a partes iguales que destila elegancia, sensualidad y armonía en todo su esplendor. Más de medio siglo después, Getz/Gilberto sigue sonando moderno: cuatro músicos con visiones distintas encontrando un punto de equilibrio perfecto. Consigue permanecer tanto como impesionar. Como mola escuchar discos que han envejecido TAN bien. De todos los que han salido, este es uno de los que más se han ganado la etiqueta de imprescindible. Favs: The Girl From Ipanema, Desafinado, Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars), Vivo Sonhando

Este disco es de lo mejor que he escuchado en mi vida. Un set súper completo, repleto de canciones hermosas. 5 estrellas. Sin duda. A la playlist: literalmente todas.

Transformed my morning commute into something sunnier.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background So Soothing

Smooth jazz, easy listening. Great for studying/working, chill/end of night hangs.

Nah, not my cup of tea.

so smooth

I have added Getz/Gilberto to my Jazzy Dinner Party playlist. I have not yet had a reason to break out my Jazzy Dinner Party playlist, but I am anxious to do so.

four or so years ago i tried a "60s lounge music, space pop, easy listening" playlist because i needed some ""easy listening"" to get me through the work day. four or so years later i regularly listen to "adult standards" (or as i interpret: boomer music) and girl from ipanema is one of my favorite songs. i can't get enough of this stuff - it's catchy, it's smooth, it's the perfect distillation of music. i want to dance listening to this!! i want to kick my feet up and have a beer listening to this!! fuck big elevator for co-opting this: this is MUSIC for living your life, not MUZAK for some fleeting moment of purgatorial transit!! highlights - the girl from ipanema, corcovado (quiet nights of quiet stars), só danço samba, o grande amor

Laganicaaaa za navit u pozadini, nicee

This is THE bossa nova album of all time. Sure, it might get repetitive at times, and maybe it's a bit easy on ears but with that being said it's...good enough for me. Can't go wrong. 4.00-4.50/5

didn‘t finish it, but honestly excellent first tunes!! the girk of Ipanema? phenomenal

An essential jazz album. Very accessible for people trying to get into jazz.

lovely!

Really nice, enjoyable to listen to. It's kind of funny that I got Bossanova right before a Bossa Nova genre album. I wasn't necessarily excited about seeing saxophone in the album description, but it managed to be pretty good in spite of that.

La chica de Ipanema, y lo demás es como un agradable hilo musical

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.

bellissimo, jazz fantastico stra da cenetta di sottofondo. amo il portoghese

Calm jazz/bossa nova

It's been a while since I heard someone speak Brazilian Portuguese, so this brought back memories. While I surrounded myself with chaotic energy, this soothed me from the massive nightmare of the previous album. It also improved my work efficiency 🧐

Didn't take long to get to this one. As I said in my previous Stan Getz review, this is the superior album. Very cool. 5 estrelas!

Classy bossa nova/jazz you'd put on if you invited a girl around for dinner. The first song you will have heard in movies, probably around the seductive looking heroine. Great song. The saxophone is delightfully jazzy, without being too erratic. The rest of the album follows the similar theme. The singing is all very relaxed and I felt classy for listening to it. 4 stars.

This album is like the last night of a holiday in a Mediterranean town. Your friends have all taken earlier flights home, so it’s just you now, with one evening to kill before your flight in the morning. As the sun sets, you walk along the tree-lined river bank, and decide to stop at a nearby cafe for an espresso (a habit you have become a fan of during this trip). You sit at a table outside, under the warm light of a lamppost. This is quite a sleepy town, so there’s not much going on, aside from an elderly couple going for an evening stroll, and a woman cycling home from the library. She rides on the footpath as the cobblestone road would be a nightmare on her bike’s suspension.

Great opening track but after that I kinda zoned out and you could not really distinguish one track from the next. Good tunes, like elevated lounge or hold music.

Smooth jazz

Smoother than a carioca's bum, but nowhere near as exciting.

Glad to get some bossa nova, it's something I've wanted to try listening to more for a while. Great summery vibes It does maybe get slightly repetitive but it's short so that isn't too big of an issue for me Highlights: The Girl From Ipanema, Vivo Sohando

Felt like I was smoking a cigar at a beach lounge whilst feeling the salt water breeze tickle my skin.

Extremely soothing. Therapeutic even

Had me singing Girl From Ipanema for hours

synonymous with mid-’60s cosmopolitan culture — think smoky lounges, cocktail parties, modernist apartments. Like something out of "Mad Men"

I love the production on this... whoever engineered this record should receive a grammy x10. The space... the tones... it's beautiful. The soft guitar parts are wonderfully layered on top of the other instruments and the vocals are layered over it. The saxophone is amazing. This is an amazingly done record.

The girl from Ipanema is a classic.

This album is cool with a capital K. Great for listen before, during, and after almost any thing.

Great.

Lovely stuff

Really quite a fun listening experience, quite solid throughout but the second half was a bit slower then the first

Cool to hear the original (maybe?) version of girl from Iponema

Et perfekt morgenalbum. Må hørra seinere igjen for å ikkje vær biased

Pura

3/10

I don’t like the man’s vocal

JAAA ELSKER

Not a Bossa Nova fan. 4/10

Chill, mellow, peaceful, smooth. Perfect pairing for a cup of coffee in the morning, or a bike ride on a sunny day, or walking around a neighborhood, or hanging out at the beach.

Listened too easy I'm just not a jazz person yet

Fantastic. Added it to some playlists on Spotify. This is the highest honor I can bestow in my limited capacity as a consumer of music 🤣

This is a great album. It's actually hard to stop listening to it.

good

Llevo media canción y te lo digo desde ya. Es un disco muy bueno, pero no el mejor para ir escuchando a las 7 de la mañana. Guay para crear ambiente.

Entstehen verschiedenste Bilder beim hören. Erinnert an eine gemütlichen unbeschwerten Sommerabend in Port-Lesney oder Andalusien. Schöne Musik

5/5 Listened to this with a cup of tea and candles while taking a warm bath. Peak experience.

Not going to lie, I Love Bossa. Can barely remember any song but the groove and mood of it sets me in a good mood. This album is a perfect introduction to the genre and probably the most well known.

I really enjoyed *Getz/Gilberto*. It’s chilled, innocent, and relaxing, with such a warm, easy vibe. The whole album is beautiful to unwind to, and *The Girl from Ipanema* is a true classic that never gets old.

1,7/5

Clásico. Jazz del que siempre gusta oir

The only thing I don't like about this album is the male vocals, but that alone drops it down to four stars for me. Fortunately, I love the saxophone and the voice of Astrid Gilberto, along with the smooth, easy-listening nature of the tunes. making it a very solid four-star album indeed.

So chill and just well done musically.

I am a fan of how relaxed this makes me feel. When the sax hits for the first time in The Girl From Ipanema, it rattles me. The rest of the album is pretty good too and I had a feeling that this was going to be higher up on my ratings, but some middle tracks lose me out a bit. It ends strong enough for me to say that I had a great time with it. Great vibes for high times (8/10, 4/5 on this scale)

Makes me want an Aperol Spritz

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.

Really nice background music.

It was okay background music but not something I would go back to

I love the rare occasions where I don't know the album, but I do know multiple songs on the album. I really enjoyed listening to this one.

The Girl from Ipanema is a classic. It’s an important album in bossa nova. And it’s decent late night listening. But it all gets a bit sandy over time.

Some classics here. Great background listening.

Pretty chill

too much bossa nova in this list

Was that the same song 10 times?

Very chill and fun to see the origin of bossa nova!! A little samey at times

What a pleasure! Really good, such a pleasant listening experience!

The girl with emphysema

8.4

This is more of my jam.

Reminds me of summer

Maybe this is one you need to hear multiple times to truly appreciate, but I still overall just found it to be a pleasant experience, as much as it didn't grab me.

No need for a song by song breakdown or to point out any specific song at all. Just make a mimosa on the morning of your day off and kick your feet up for this one. Front to back great vibe

Not a fan of bossa nova

I don’t usually listen to bossa nova or jazz and don’t know much about them, but I was drawn in by Stan Getz’s saxophone—the lightness coming from his distinct breathy tone. Honestly, the vocals didn’t grab me, so I found myself wanting to just follow the sax all the way through. For the sax alone, it’s 5 out of 5.

Beautiful, sublime. The combination of Stan Getz tenor saxophone, João Gilberto’s subtle, understated guitar and his and his wife Astrid’s low sultry vocals is outstandingly good. “The Girl From Ipanema” is THE bossa nova standard but the rest of this slow burning, intimate record is just as good.

Not something I'll return to often, but it certainly does a wonderful job of transporting you to a peaceful evening on the beach with a daquiri in hand. Quite different to the chilly English morning I'm currently dealing with.

Well, this record definitely passes the vibe check.

я этот слышала уже и на базе него сделала вывод что не люблю боссанову. возможно больше всего меня останавливает этот говорливый вокал, т. к. духовые-то милые. но уже неразрывно с вокалом связанные

amazing,loved every second of it. great vibes definitely deserves to be in the best albums

Jizzy Jazz motherfucker

Pretty nice

Джаз,гитара,низкие вокалы,все это в одном альбоме,мелодично саундовый альбом на стыке джаза и лоуфай гитары 4.68/5 @spiderland3

Not my thing

Summer days listening.

dum dudum dudum du duuu du dum

Jazz noodlings. Pleasant but no force.

I like Jazz, but I'm not a fan of Jazz vocals. If this were just the music, I'd decide between a 3 and a 4 rating. But with the vocals, I'm going 3. Despite some cool saxwork.

Easy listening. Brazilian sounds, relaxing kitchen dancing.

im not a fan of jazz but this album is so smooth and relaxing without being boring or dull, surely ill make an exception for this

Getz & Gilberto. Great combo and featuring Jobim as if the other two werent enough! Short album. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Gilberto’s singing. So cool calm and seemingly effortless. Its so intimate, like hes just talking to you. Not on this album but his S’Wonderful is a great example of this. Cross Getz’s jazz sensibbities and emotive/breathy sax, with Gilberto’s strong easy singing tone over gently plucked guitar, Astrud Gilberto chipping in with vocals that are almost the human equivalent of Getz’s sax sound, Jobim the father of bossanova composing most somhs and putting in some meloncholic and thoughtful piano (O Grande Amor), its truly a supergroup. But unlike a supergroup like, say Cream, there doeant seem to be a battle of egos going on here.

I wasn’t in a good mood before putting on Getz/Gilberto, and now? I am still in a bad mood haha. But for those 39 minutes and 21 seconds, I felt completely at ease. Smooth, timeless, and effortlessly beautiful classic. 10/10.

Jazzy

Great Songs: Good Songs: The Girl from Ipanema, Doralice, Para Machuchar Meu Coração, Desafinado, Só Danço Samba, Vivo Sónhando Mid Songs: Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars), O Grande Amor Bad Songs:

Bossa nova at its best. Not really my thing outside of elevators though....

Recognized a lot of these tunes. Great Sunday morning record to put in. Really enjoyed it. Highlights: "Girl from Impanema" and "Corcovado"

Solid. Nice vibe music.