Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto – Live At The Berlin Jazz Festival 1966 (2LP)
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Tenor saxophone - Stan Getz [click here to see more vinyl featuring Stan Getz]
Vocals - Astrud Gilberto [click here to see more vinyl featuring Joao Gilberto]
Drums - Roy Haynes [click here to see more vinyl featuring Roy Haynes]
Vibraphone - Gary Burton
Bass - Chuck Israels
Written by Bronislau Kaper (A1), Gary Barton (A2), Johnny Mandel (A3, C3), Antonio Carlos Jobim (A4, B3, C2, D2), Lou Donaldson (B1), Michel Legrand (B2), Richard Rodgers (C1, D1), Newton Mendonça (C2), Paul Francis Webster (C3), Carlos Lyra (C4), Vinicius de Moraes (C4), Astrud Gilberto (C6), Roberto Menescal (C6), Oscar Hammerstein II (D1), Richard Rodgers (D1), Vinicius de Moraes (D2), Bob Brookmeyer (D3)
2LPs, gatefold jacket, includes a 16-bit download card
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Live
Record Press : Simon Garcia, Marciac, France
Label : The Lost Recordings
Original label : The Lost Recordings
Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin Jazz festival, 4.11.1966
Remastered by Nicolas Thelliez
Lacquer cut by Kevin Gray
Artwork by Nicolas Dhorne
Liner Notes by Stéphane Ollivier
Photography by GAB Archives, Jan Persson, PoPsie Randolph
Originally released in September 2021 (as a CD)
Reissued in April 2024 (first time on LP)
Tracks:
Side A:
- On Green Dolphin Street
- The Singing Song
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- O Great Love
Side B:
- Blues Walk
- Once upon a Summertime
- Medley: Desafinado/Chega De Saudade
Side C:
- Edelweiss
- Samba De Uma Nota So
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Voce E Eu (Eu E Voce)
- Corcovado
- The Telephone Song
Side D:
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- The Girl from Ipanema
- Jive Hoot
Reviews :
"This previously unissued concert by the Getz quartet with Gary Burton divides into what are in effect two distinctly different performances. The first comprises the band’s dazzlingly accomplished instrumental work, whereas the second displays the best-selling Getz-Gilberto recording partnership in a live setting. The opening ‘On Green Dolphin Street’ prefigures everything the quartet is capable of. Getz’s solos ripple with invention, the vibes offer impressionistic backdrops, incisive countermelodies, sparkling solos, or even drop out entirely, while the partnership of Haynes on blistering form, and Israels (depping for Steve Swallow) are clearly enjoying just making everything swing as hard as possible. Haynes’ snare playing is a marvel. This instrumental set includes Burton’s knotty ‘Singing Song’, a haunting ‘Shadow of Your Smile’ and for good measure a 12-bar – namely Lou Donaldson’s ‘Blues Walk’. It’s impossible not to get caught up in the joie de vivre of this tight-knit band, and captured by its infectious rhythm. A Jobim medley closes the first set, and then we’re into bossa territory with Astrud singing ‘One Note Samba’. It takes a moment for the band to settle into her gentler format, but they soon do, and Getz manages to be both contained and extrovert at the same time, even maintaining the sound balance when the singer strays off mike. When she gets to ‘Corcovado’ everything is working as it should, but before the inevitable ‘Girl From Ipanema’, Gilberto shows her range with the quirky ‘Telephone Song’ and a compelling ‘It Might as Well Be Spring’, not to mention a brief vocal reprise of ‘Shadow of Your Smile’.
Altogether a thoroughly welcome discovery, beautifully mastered, and as welcome an addition to the newly-emerging Getz catalogue as the 1961 Village Gate concert that appeared two years ago." Jazz Wize Review by Alyn Shipton
"The Stan Getz Quartet of 1964-66 was a particularly sparky little outfit, featuring the young vibraphone virtuoso Gary Burton. By the time of this recording, a close partnership had grown between the two, often resulting in moments of radiant beauty. The Shadow of Your Smile, here, is one of these – delicate, almost fragile. At other times, such as the opening number, On Green Dolphin Street, there’s sheer rhythmic drive, and with Chuck Israels on bass and the great drummer Roy Haynes it’s more than impressive.
The second disc of this two-CD set mostly belongs to Astrud Gilberto, and it’s a surprise. She was now a star in her own right, with four albums to her credit, and hadn’t worked with Getz for more than two years. Her seven songs here are all ones they had recorded together, including the funny but tricky The Telephone Song, and finishing (of course) with The Girl from Ipanema. It’s all charmingly and efficiently done, and I couldn’t help noticing the quartet’s immaculate accompaniment. These jazz stars were professional musicians too, and they knew how to step back from the limelight while remaining unmistakably themselves." The Guardian.
Ratings :
Discogs : 5 / 5