Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP

Artists: 
Stan Getz,  
Charlie Byrd
$49.99

Verve, 1962

This 1962 collaboration by co-leaders tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd, was the first bossa nova album recorded by American jazz musicians and - together with Getz’s follow-up collaboration with João Gilberto, kick started the bossa nova craze. It contains some bona-fide classics of the genre including the evergreen “Samba de Uma Nota Só” (“One Note Samba”) and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Desafinado,” and the whole album glows with a warm beauty and graceful sophistication.

Tracklist

Side A 
1. Desafinado 
2. Samba Dees Days
3. O Pato
4. Samba Triste 

Side B
1. Samba De Uma Nota So 
2. E Luxo So 
3. Baia 

  • Recorded - February 13, 1962 at Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington DC
  • Producer - Creed Taylor