Getz Au Go Go Featuring Astrud Gilberto

Performer: Stan Getz
Artist: Gary Burton; Astrud Gilberto; Kenny Burrell
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder; Val Valentin
Producer: Creed Taylor; Bill Levenson (Reissue)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Astrud Gilberto (vocals); Gary Burton (vibraphone); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Gene Cherico, Chuck Israel (bass); Joe Hunt, Helico Milito (drums). Recorded live at the Cafe Au Go Go, New York, New York on August 19, 1964. Includes liner notes by Gene Lees. Stan Getz: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Gary Burton (vibraphone); Gene Cherico (bass guitar); Joe Hunt (drums). Additional personnel: Astrud Gilberto (vocals). This live date, recorded and released in 1964, features the Stan Getz Quartet and the smooth, ever-charming vocals of Astrud Gilberto. Bossa nova dominates the set list, especially on the Astrud-fronted tracks "Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars)" and "It Might As Well Be Spring." Getz was no stranger to progressive tendencies, but GETZ AU GO-GO lays back in the cut, favoring the cool-toned bossa nova and mid-tempo grooves of his iconic, trendsetting disc GETZ/GILBERTO. This is never a drawback, especially considering Astrud's breezy, beautiful performances and the sweet chemistry of his group, which features the great Gary Burton on vibes. As well suited to providing classy background sounds as it is to concentrated listening, GETZ AU GO-GO is a thoroughly enjoyable cool-jazz classic.

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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