Stan Getz & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Their Greatest Hits [Remaster]

Performer: Stan Getz
Artist: Joao Gilberto; Charlie Byrd; Claus Ogerman; Hank Jones; Jim Hall; Elis Regina
Producer: Creed Taylor
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Stan Getz; Maria Toledo (vocals); Gene Byrd, Helio Delmiro, Jim Hall, Luiz Bonf�, Oscar Castro-Neves (guitar); Lewis Eley, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Joseph Malignaggi, Louis Stone, Louis Haber, Bernard Eichen, Raoul Poliakin, Gene Orloff, Irving Spice, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Abe Kessler, Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro, George Ricci (cello); Raymond Beckenstein (flute, piccolo, clarinet); Romeo Penque (flute, piccolo, bass clarinet); Jerome Richardson (flute, piccolo); Jerry Sanfino, Leo Wright (flute); Eddie Caine (alto flute); Babe Clark (clarinet); Doc Severinsen, Bernie Glow (trumpet); Clark Terry (flugelhorn); Joseph Singer, Ray Alonge (French horn); Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green (trombone); Tony Studd (bass trombone); Bob Brookmeyer (valve trombone); Hank Jones , Joao Donato, C�sar Camargo Mariano (piano); Claudio Slon, Paulo Ferreira, Bill Reichenbach , Jose (Bigorna) Carlos, Buddy Deppenschmidt, Johnny Rae, Milton Banana, Paulinho Braga (drums); Jose Paulo (tambourine); Dom Um Romao, Bobby Rosengarden (percussion); Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, guitar, piano); Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Elis Regina, Astrud Gilberto (vocals); Charlie Byrd (guitar). Liner Note Author: Brian Priestly. Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); MGM Studios, Los Angeles, CA (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); New York, NY (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington DC (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (02/08/1962-03/09/1974); Webster Hall, New York, NY (02/08/1962-03/09/1974). Photographer: Chuck Stewart. Arrangers: Antonio Carlos Jobim; Claus Ogerman; Gary McFarland. During the 1960's, in large part because of his collaborations with Brazilian musician and songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz became one of jazz's top sellers and helped to unleash a craze for bossa nova in North America. THEIR GREATEST HITS brings together all the best collaborations between Jobim and Getz, including the famous "Girl From Impanema" (featuring Astrud Gilberto on vocals), "Desafinado," and "Insensatez." Occasionally, Jobim's reedy voice appears, as do the lilting guitars of Charlie Byrd and Joao Gilberto, but the show belongs to Jobim's songwriting and Getz's cool, reflective saxophone. THEIR GREATEST HITS is classic material. Compiling all the major hits that legendary jazz alto saxophonist Stan Getz had with Brazilian songwriter and vocalist Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz/Antonio Carlos Jobim: Their Greatest Hits is a nice single-disc collection. While there are deeper double-disc anthologies available, Their Greatest Hits is a perfect summation of what made the '60s bossa nova sound so popular. Included are such iconic tracks as "The Girl from Ipanema," "Aguas de Marco (Waters of March)" and "Desafinado." ~ Matt Collar

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz possessed a full, luxuriant tone and a highly melodic improvisational sense. Though he produced consistently rewarding music for the duration of his near 50-year career, he achieved the greatest success in the early '60s when he led the American part of the bossa nova explosion. Indeed, this brilliant fusion of jazz and Brazilian rhythms yielded the tune, "The Girl From Ipanema," which became one of the biggest selling jazz records in history.

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