Hi there.
Music critics and historians will tell you that Bossa Nova’s greatest recording, the Getz/Gilberto album (which turned 59 earlier this year) was recorded in March 1963.
Even the record label touted that date.
But most of us know that the album’s date of birth was the day we first heard it. I’ll share the complete story below, with more during the show.
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This week’s show:
My Producer’s Notes
Jazz music in Brazil enjoys the same long and rich tradition as it has here in the US – perhaps even more so, due to the infusion of the jazz style in many forms of Brazilian song: There’s Choro and MPB, and there’s no denying the jazzy nature of Bossa Nova (there are still Brazilian music critics who steadfastly maintain that Bossa Nova is not really Brazilian at all – that it roots are in American jazz!). But no matter what musical path you wish to explore, it’s easy to understand the generational trail left for us to follow.
And while we’ll spend the next four weeks exploring hundreds of songs and musicians who carry the banner for our ‘Rendezvous In Rio’ theme, only one album could qualify to be the first featured: ‘Getz/Gilberto’
Simply put, this timeless recording is the touchstone for Bossa Nova’s worldwide success and the Brazilian sound’s translation into a bona fide jazz idiom. The music is irresistibly romantic, the production and musicianship sublime.
Halfway through the fifth decade of its recording, release, and debut of Getz/Gilberto on Billboard’s Pop chart, few pop albums of any kind have matched its success.
Once completed the project sat on producer Creed Taylor’s desk for nearly a year but once released, Getz/Gilberto went on to seven Grammies nominations in 1964. The album won four awards (for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Small Group, and Best Engineered Record – nonclassical).
It edged out both Barbra Streisand and the Beatles. The album entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ single followed a year later.
Sales success? ‘Getz/Gilberto’ went straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #2 as a certified million-selling album, and it stayed there for 96 weeks until finally giving way to the Beatles and the musical sea change that followed. In fact, eight songs never sounded so…
While you think of the best words to finish that sentence, why not join me as we take Brazilian music back to its American roots? The ‘Getz/Gilberto’ album is a classic recording around the world – even in Rio de Janeiro.
I hope you’ll enjoy the show!
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The Legendary Getz Gilberto Album
Hour 1:
Set 1: The Sounds of Brazil Opening Theme
Slow Motion Bossa<>Clara Moreno/Morena Bossa Nova
Blossom<>Machan/Machan
Mane Joao<>Erasmo Carlos/Samba Soul Groove
Welcome to the Lounge
Doralice<>J. Gilberto & S. Getz/Bossa Years
Special Announcement
Set 2:
Introduce Next Set
Portal da Cor<>Liz Rosa/Liz Rosa
Winelight<>Trio da Paz/Somewhere
Introduce Next Song
Desafinado<>Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto /Getz-Gilberto
First Kiss/Chante Moore/Love the Woman
Sexy Bossa<>Latin Vibe/Chill Classics
The Brazilian Minute – Brazil On Your Grocery List
Set 3: Introduce This Week’s Spotlight Song
Seresta/Phill Fest/Seresta
Voltar à Bahia<>Gilsons/Voltar à Bahia
Hot In Brazil<>Michael Ross/Four Seasons To Cross
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The Legendary Getz Gilberto Album
Hour 2:
Set 1:
Dancing With Angels<>Magrus Rainforest Band/Between Dreams
Astrud<>Basia/Time And Tide
Welcome To Our Second Hour
Girl From Ipanema<> Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto /Getz-Gilberto
Triste<>Howard Roberts/Guilty
Batucada<>Boney James/The Beat
Special Announcement
Never Die Young<>Luciana Souza/The New Bossa Nova
Set 2:
Introduce Brazil Back2Back: Corcovado
Corcovado<>Sarah Vaughan/Heartbreakers OMPS
Corcovado<>Emilio Santiago/Bossa Nova
Introduce Next Set
Tender Storm<>John Klemmer/Brazilia
Seu Olhar<>Lee Hutchinson & Matheus Fonseca/Seu Olhar
Bein’ Cool<>Kenia/Simply
Use Your Head<>Money Mark/Redhot + Rio
Set 3:
Pra Machuçar Meu Coração<>Stan Getz/Getz-Gilberto
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Next Week: We’ll go back in time, to count down the most popular, fan-voted songs with the rebroadcast of our 1,000th Radio Show from July 2011. You’re welcome to join us!
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Always a pleasure,
Scott Adams
The Sounds of Brazil!
