Stan Getz: Getz Au Go Go [VERVE]

Why you'll love it

This remastered 180g pressing comes in a gatefold jacket with the stereo mix. It catches Getz at the height of the bossa nova craze, with Astrud Gilberto singing "Corcovado" and "One Note Samba" and a young Gary Burton on vibes.

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Remastered
• Gatefold jacket
• Stereo mix

About the album

A year earlier, Getz/Gilberto had made a star of a woman who had never sung professionally. By 1964 Astrud Gilberto was on the road with Stan Getz, and producer Creed Taylor rolled tape on the New Stan Getz Quartet in New York, mostly at the Café Au Go Go in Greenwich Village, with a few songs from Carnegie Hall.

Gilberto floats through "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)," "It Might as Well Be Spring" and "Only Trust Your Heart," and her version of "One Note Samba" is pure, unhurried charm. Getz plays with that famous soft, smoky tone, while 21-year-old Gary Burton adds shimmering vibraphone and contributes two of his own tunes, "6-Nix-Pix-Flix" and "The Singing Song." Kenny Burrell sits in on guitar for the Carnegie Hall cuts, and "Here's That Rainy Day" closes things on a ballad. Gene Cherico and Chuck Israels share bass duties, with Joe Hunt and Helcio Milito on drums.

It's a looser, warmer record than the studio bossa albums, the sound of a band enjoying a small room. Somewhere near the back, a chap is probably still waiting for his table to be cleared.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Verve (cat# V6-8600), a reissue of the 1964 live album.