Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, Coleman Hawkins
and Brazilian Legend Carlos Jobim, All Mastered for iTunes
Brazilian
culture has always been rich in literature, arts, music, and their love of
football (soccer). As Brazil celebrates the return, after almost 65 years, of
the 2014 FIFA World Cup™, Universal Music Enterprises celebrates the country’s
incredible and influential musical heritage with TODAY's release of 19 bossa
nova titles from some of jazz’s most cherished and revered artists including
Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, Coleman Hawkins and Brazilian legend
Antonio Carlos Jobim, all Mastered For iTunes. With sparkling state-of-the-art
fidelity, Mastered for iTunes lets you experience music as the artist and sound
engineer intended, capturing every detail in high resolution. This mastering
process ensures a pristine listening experience on your computer, stereo, and
iPhone, iPad, iPod and current Macs and PCs with iTunes installed.
This
year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark, four-time Grammy® Award
winning jazz album GETZ/GILBERTO. In May, Verve/Universal Music Enterprises
(UMe) released the single-disc GETZ/GILBERTO: Expanded Edition including a
newly remastered version of the jazz/bossa nova classic album in both mono and
stereo, with the mono version making its CD debut and the stereo album in its
original left-right configuration for the first time since its vinyl release.
Additional bonus tracks include the U.S. single versions of “The Girl From
Ipanema,” a massive hit, and “Corcovado,” its original B-side.
Released
on Verve Records in 1964, GETZ/GILBERTO, produced by label head Creed Taylor,
was an international sensation, altering the direction of jazz, pop and the
samba itself. It became the focus of a huge bossa nova craze, bringing together
Getz (tenor saxophone), with Brazilian stars Joao Gilberto (guitar &
vocals) and Antonio Carlos Jobim (composer & pianist), who wrote and
co-wrote six of the original eight tracks on the album, as well as Joao’s young
wife Astrud Gilberto, who was not scheduled to contribute to the album. When
Astrud was spontaneously asked to sing new English lyrics to “The Girl From
Ipanema,” her charming, sultry vocals made all the difference. “The Girl From
Ipanema” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and went to No.
5 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Astrud is also featured on “Corcovado.”) Other
bossa nova classics on the album include “Só Danço Samba,” “Vivo Sonhando,” “O
Grande Amor” and “Desafinado.” Backing the main artists is the Brazilian rhythm
section of Sebastiao Neto (bass) and Milton Banana (drums).
In 1965,
at the seventh annual Grammy® Awards, GETZ/GILBERTO was the first jazz album to
win a Grammy® for Album Of The Year, while “The Girl From Ipanema” won Record
of the Year. GETZ/GILBERTO also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best
Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album’s engineering award was the first
Grammy® for the late, legendary Phil Ramone, who recorded the album at his
renowned A&R Recording studio.
Verve/UMe’s
GETZ/GILBERTO: Expanded Edition has been remastered from the original
first-generation master tapes for the first time on CD, restoring the stereo
album to its original left-right stereo configuration – previous Verve reissues
used second-generation tape copies that flipped the left-right channels – with
fidelity unheard in generations, while the original mono album has been
remastered for CD and digital for the first time ever. The new release includes
a 28-page booklet with an insightful essay by Marc Myers, who contributes a
regular music column to the Wall Street Journal, detailed track annotation and rare
photos from the album session.
Ranked
one of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time and Vibe Magazine’s 100
Essential Albums of the 20th Century, GETZ/GILBERTO’s wildly addictive charm
proved that the bossa nova had legs—that the infectious syncopated rhythm could
be leveraged as easily as the blues to captivate listeners, and forever making
an everlasting impact on the world of jazz.
Verve/UMe
Bossa Nova Jazz Mastered For iTunes Titles
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Antonio Carlos Jobim: The Composer of "Desafinado" Plays
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Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave
* Astrud
Gilberto: Beach Samba
* Astrud
Gilberto: I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do
* Astrud
Gilberto: Look To The Rainbow
* Astrud
Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album
* Astrud
Gilberto: Windy
* Coleman
Hawkins: Desafinado
* Luiz
Bonfa: The Composer of Black Orpheus Plays & Sings Bossa Nova
* Quincy
Jones: Big Band Bossa Nova
* Stan
Getz & Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba
* Stan
Getz & Joao Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto [standard edition]
* Stan
Getz & Joao Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto: Expanded Edition
* Stan
Getz: Big Band Bossa Nova
* Stan
Getz: Getz Au Go Go
* Stan
Getz: Getz/Gilberto #2
* Stan
Getz: Jazz Samba Encore!
* Stan
Getz: With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
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