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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | February 24, 2003 | | Studio: | Umvd Labels | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer) - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto | | 2. | Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim | | 3. | The Shadow Of Your Smile - Astrud Gilberto | | 4. | Corcovado (Quiet Nights If Quiet Stars) - Stan Getz And Laurindo Almeida | | 5. | My Foolish Heart - Astrud Gilberto | | 6. | Amor Em Paz (Once I Loved) - Antonio Carlos Jobim | | 7. | Misty Roses - Astrud Gilberto | | 8. | Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim | | 9. | So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto And Walter Wanderley | | 10. | Winter Moon - Stan Getz And Laurindo Almeida | | 11. | Insensatez (How Insensitive) - Antonio Carlos Jobim | | 12. | Dindi - Astrud Gilberto | | 13. | Bahia - Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd | | 14. | The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim | | 15. | O Grande Amor - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto | | 16. | Meditation - Astrud Gilberto | |
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29 of 34 found the following review helpful:
Smooth, melodic, intimate Feb 09, 2003
By R. Riis
"rriis"
Outstanding collection of romantic tracks from the giants of Verve's roster. No surprises really among the selections, but who wants a jarring surprise in the middle of a romantic interlude? This set goes down so nicely it won't matter that you may have most these tracks in so many other anthologies.
Track listing :
1. Vivo Sonhando - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto
2. Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
3. Shadow Of Your Smile - Astrud Gilberto
4. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Stan Getz And Laurindo Almeida
5. My Foolish Heart - Astrud Gilberto
6. Amor Em Paz - Antonio Carlos Jobim
7. Misty Roses - Astrud Gilberto
8. Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
9. So Nice (Summer Samba) - Astrud Gilberto And Walter Wanerley
10. Winter Moon - Stan Getz And Laurindo Almeida
11. Insensatez (How Insensitive) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
12. Dindi - Astrud Gilberto
13. Bahia - Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd
14. Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
15. O Grande Amor - Stan Getz And Joao Gilberto
16. Meditation - Astrud Gilberto
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Perfect! Sep 16, 2005
By H. Lancaster
The music on this album is smooth and inviting. The perfect music to play as a background for a cocktail party - or for intimate moments with the one you love. Even in the coldest temperatures, this album will warm you up!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
"UHP! I'M AN IDIOT." Apr 16, 2007
By STEPHEN T. McCARTHY
The last time I went home to Los Angeles - (You remember, I told you THAT story in my review for the Huffy Good Vibrations Men's 24-Inch Cruiser Bike. Are you paying attention here, or not?) - I called the BITTER BROTHERS and arranged a "Bitter Breakfast." That's a meeting where a bunch of us macho fellas - er, I mean, "Men" - get together to blow off steam over quiche and champagne. Uhm, that is, over Huevos Rancheros and strong, black coffee. (Let's be honest, the "blowing off steam" part could just as easily be called "Male Gossip", but . . . well, you know, I've faked a pretty good masculine facade for myself at Ammyland up to this point, and I'd hate to see it all go to ruin now.)
So, me an' my Bitter Bros were expressing our bitterness at The Sidewalk Café on Venice Beach one morning (perhaps the definitive "L.A. Experience") and observing the Frisbee-catching dogs, the rays-catching one-eighth dressed roller-skating babes, and the usual Carnival of Human Freaks parading past the Café, when I noticed this young cat playing some pretty fancy guitar over yonder. My soul emptied of its bitterness, and my glass emptied of its champa - my cup emptied of its coffee - I went to talk to the young cat and learned that he was a Russian bloke named VADIM, and I bought one of his self-produced compact discs. ["Vadim #1"; vadimrecords at yahoo dot com, or (310) 801-4212]
Well, I eventually just went crazy for track three: "Bossa-Nova." And having heard the term about a zazillion times (that's a lot!), I decided I simply must find out just what BOSSA NOVA really is. So I did an internet search and what I learned is that I have been in love with Bossa Nova music for pretty much my entire life without ever knowing it. {*He's a tad slow, folks, but give him four and a half decades and he'll figure it out.*}
You see, as a young kid in the early and mid-1960s, when the Bossa Nova craze was at its zenith, my Grandpa used to play it around his house. My Ma had an 8-Track tape (yeah, I'm bitter AND old, OK?) containing the gorgeously haunting song "The Shadow Of Your Smile." I loved it, and the song still makes me think of her. Wait a second. . . . . {*"Macho fellas" don't get teary-eyed, Stephen!*} . . . . Sorry. OK. Then later, in my mid-20s, I owned the classic Jazz album "Getz/Gilberto" on licorice pizza (that's LP, not 8-Track!) and I played the hell out of it (well, I would have if there had been any hell in it), falling in love with the beautiful saudade in Astrud Gilberto's voice. (Saudade? Look it up on Wikipedia.) Only Karen Carpenter's voice was infused with more, and - in my op - the standard ballads by Bobby Darin are the only example of Saudade in a male voice. (Despite the jocular exterior, my entire life is one of Saudade, but I don't know you well enough to tell you more.)
Then love came to me again in the form of Pat Metheny's three brilliant Brazilian-influenced albums, "The First Circle", "Still Life Talking", and "Letter From Home." About the same time, I owned a Cannonball Adderley album that included "Clouds" and "Morning Of The Carnival" and they were my favorite cuts, but I couldn't have told you why exactly. I also loved Vince Guaraldi's "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" from his "Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus" album, but the Bossa Nova connection eluded me. And when my Good Friend Melanie gave me Angelique Kidjo's "Black Ivory Soul" recording, I loved it immediately from the first few notes down to the very last ones, and I rarely embrace new music that quickly. But I still hadn't made the Bossa Nova Connection. It took a Russian cat playing Brazilian music on Venice Beach to make this American dude finally realize that the thread running through it all has always been Bossa Nova, and that Bossa Nova is the thing I dig! Hey, it required only 43 years for me to piece it all together; I'm just a mental dynamo! {*"Uhp! He's an idiot."*}
So, I just bought "BOSSA NOVA FOR LOVERS", and here's my assessment of each of its 16 tracks:
1. VIVO SONHANDO: Classic! I remember this one from my Getz/Gilberto album. Stan was one of the first major Jazz cats I got into.
2. WAVE: Wow! I've just learned that Antonio Carlos Jobim is the musician who transformed Samba into Bossa Nova.
3. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE: [Sniffle! Sniffle!] I want Astrud to sing this one at my funeral.
4. CORCOVADO: Not the version from the Getz/Gilberto set, but nice guitar from Almeida, and Getz really plays that tenor sax! {*Yeah, but can he pitch?*}
5. MY FOOLISH HEART: Marry me, Astrud! I promise I can learn to behave myself!
6. AMOR EM PAZ: Sheesh! Talk about Saudade. Love it!
7. MISTY ROSES: Makes me misty. Astrud, play Misty for me.
8. DESAFINADO: Jobim is the Boss of Nova.
9. SO NICE (SUMMER SAMBA): Oh, gee, I swear, I melt. One of my very favorite tracks. Too short! More! More!
10. WINTER MOON: "Winter" warms my heart. "Great Getz!"
11. INSENSATEZ: Well, let's face it, along with "The Girl From Ipanema", this is the face of Bossa Nova.
12. DINDI: Astrud sings. What else ya need to know?
13. BAHIA: Cool!
14. THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA: I prefer the version with Getz and Astrud, of course, but great melody regardless.
15. O GRANDE AMOR: Beautiful!
16. MEDITATION: I dunno; let me contemplate it further.
I see that I used the word "love" seven times in this review. I don't ordinarily use that kind of language, but the collection IS called "BOSSA NOVA FOR LOVERS", and I guess I'm a lover after all. {*Nah. He's an idiot.*}
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Listened to it at a friends house Mar 18, 2006
By Angela Katsavavakis
I don't have any Bossa Nova music, except for the Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour, so when I listened to this CD at my friends house I knew I had to get it. It gives you a good representation of the classic Bossa Nova. Good variety of songs by the traditional performers. It is also great soft music to listen to.
Bossa Nova 101 May 12, 2012
By JKM
This is at once a primer for those whose only familiarity with Bossa Nova is "elevator music" or at the dentist' office and a sweet reminder for old fogeys(like me)the reappreciation of the simple,yet complex melodies of an idiom of music steeped with lament and joy and a perfect vehicle for jazz interpretation. The masters are here,Jobim,Almeida,Gilberto and Getz and of course their vocal muse, the wistful and fragile Astrud Gilberto.The pieces used here are a hodge podge culled from several albums and these are some of the standards.My hope here is that the listener is moved to want to hear more and discover the other iconic artists in the field(notably Elis Regina,Charlie Byrd and more recently Eliane Elias).I can assure you however that this is a more than worthy investment.
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