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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0602517679238 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Verve Manufacturer: Verve MPN: 001117402 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Verve Release Date: June 03, 2008 Studio: Verve Editorial Review: Album Description: Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Verve. 2004. Album Details: 24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Getz's Best Instrumental Bossa NovaThis is my favorite Getz bossa nova album. Almeida is excellent throughout, and his guitar is better recorded and more up-front than Charlie Byrd's on Jazz Samba. I don't care for the vocals on Getz/Gilberto, and for me Getz works best without vocalists in any case--he is the vocalist. Almeida also has a voice here that's ear-catching, far more so than Byrd on Jazz Samba. I like Jazz Samba as well, but on this album, the players overall "get" the music a bit better (perhaps because it ... Read More Rating: - A ClassicLaurindo Almeida is one of my favorite guitarists. He was a real talent, perhaps in the shadow of some of the other greats from Brazil when Bossa Nova was so popular like Baden Powell, Luiz Bonfa, Joao Gilberto, etc. etc. But here I think he shines brightly with none other than Stan Getz who really was "the Sound". I can't say it enough - I love this album. Granted, it is very short - just under 30 minutes of music. But in that time you have some tracks that take you to that time, ... Read More Rating:  - Warning: This is the MONO version!I would have really loved to have a modern CD transfer of this great album, but unfortunately this overpriced Japanese "mini LP" CD is the mono version. Rating:  - Bossa Nova Probably anyone who likes bossa nova will like this mid-60s album containing great songs such as the ballad "Winter Moon", the lively, percussive "Maracatu-Too", and the standard "Corcovado". The recording isn't perfect, but it sufficiently displays the tones of Getz' sax and Almeida's guitar. The total time is quite short for CD, about a half-hour, but that's a minor concern considering the quality of the music. Rating: - Another Bossa Nova ClassicThis is another Bossa Nova classic from the master of that style. I agree with previous reviewers that this record is as good as Getz/Gilberto and Jazz Samba. All tracks are sensational with beautiful flowing lines from Stan's sax. |
