Jazz Samba

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"Because of "The Girl From Ipanema", Getz/Gilberto usually gets the credit for launching the bossa nova craze in the US, but Jazz Samba was recorded a full year earlier and was no less successful, scoring a major hit itself with "Desafinado", which in some ways even more accurately captures the enervated, languishing mood soundtracked by bossa." - Penguin Guide To Jazz

"While the connection between jazz and Brazilian music has become commonplace, it is important to note that this album inaugurated the fruitful meeting between jazz and bossa nova." - Jazz Magazine

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While the 1953 Bud Shank/Laurindo Almeida recordings were the precursors of the bossa nova-jazz fusion, the 1962 Stan Getz LP included here, Jazz Samba, would start the bossa nova craze. Producers were quick to exploit that craze in the first half of the 'sixties. Most of the famous jazzmen recorded an album, or at least a couple of tunes in the genre, with uneven results. The genre itself, however, and its fusion with jazz, did not die out quickly. Instead, many modern contemporary jazzmen include bossa nova songs in their repertoire, and dozens of them have become authentic "jazz" standards, as vehicles for improvisations. This is certainly not due to the "novelty" of the rhythm, which certainly passed, but to the high quality of many of the genre's compositions. The album compiled here, now considered a true classic, continues to bring pleasure to a variety of listeners.

"A revelatory classic. Absolutely essential for any jazz collection." - Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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NEW COLLECTION OF CLASSIC LPs - 180 GRAM VINYL LP + BONUS CD DIGIPACK INCLUDED INSIDE

STAN GETZ/CHARLIE BYRD: 'JAZZ SAMBA' (LP) + 'BIG BAND BOSSA NOVA' (CD)

Containing Jazz Samba plus the complete bonus album Big Band Bossa Nova & 1 bonus track.

STAN GETZ, tenor saxophone; CHARLIE BYRD, guitar soloist; GENE BYRD, guitar & bass; KETER BETTS, bass; BUDDY DEPPENSCHMIDT, percussion; BILL REICHENBACH, percussion

Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington D.C., February 13, 1962.

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180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 2 BONUS TRACKS

While the 1953 Bud Shank/Laurindo Almeida recordings were the precursors of the bossa nova-jazz fusion, the 1962 Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd LP "Jazz Samba" , produced by Creed Taylor, started an international craze for bossa nova and is, universally, considered a true classic.

Producers were quick to exploit the Bossa Nova craze in the first half of the '60s and many famous jazzmen at that time recorded albums that were, wholly or partially, made up of songs from the genre. Though the craze may have waned a little since those early years, bossa nova remains a vehicle of inspiration for many of today's musicians.