Stan Getz Plays Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz

Advantages: Near perfect saxophony.
Disadvantages: Too smooth.

...this double CD is that there is a whole bunch of other incredibly talented musicians her such as: Astrud Gilberto (vocals), Chic Corea (piano), Joao Gilberto (acoustic guitar), Max Roach on drums, and a whole host of other folk, all listed on the CD sleeve. This review would end up as a major dissertation if I reviewed every track so I won't, I'll select what for me are the best to review: ~~~~~CD1~~~~~ The Girl From Ipanema: One of those 'hate it' or 'love it' tunes. A very silky male vocal in Spanish, then a second verse from a female vocalist (Gilberto?). Getz does not get to play till almost halfway through this track when he comes in with a very strong solo. He then spends the end of the track backing the vocal with an unusually high set of notes for him. Just class. Summertime: You would not believe how many saxophone versions... Read review

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Advantages: A great jazz collection
Disadvantages: Stan is the only soloist

...I don't know if this album received that much attention when it came out but I've been listening to it lately a lot. I'm a saxophone player, and Getz is not even usually one of my favorites. I always thought his sound was too lightweight or something. The only albums I liked were the early Bossa Nova ones, but not any more. He plays so soulfully on this album, it's like he's literally crying, wailing, and his sound is so beautiful and big and perfect intonation--all the more amazing since he had terminal cancer at the time of the recording. You would never know it. This is a very arranged album with lots of horns and synthesized instruments and percussion and lots of different styles and grooves, but don't let that discourage you because it's very intimate and Stan is the only soloist, blowing all the way through. Occasionally... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent Songs, Thought Provoking Lyrics
Disadvantages: Only Ten Tacks

.... This was the only song on the Album that I had heard prior to purchasing the Album and I had been impressed, so things were looking good. Driving is an example of the type of song that Everything But The Girl can produce when everything goes right. From the very intro it is evident that they have decided to not entirely abandon their Jazz roots. The Band had however now reached a point in their career where other accomplished Jazz Musicians like Joe Sample, Michael Brecker, and Stan Getz wanted to guest on their Album and their presence here does not go unnoticed. Here Tracey's voice is as smooth and soft as ever with a silky edge that could have only been possible with the new sense of maturity that the duo had found. Everything But The Girl had finally grown up.... If the very first track, Driving shows us that Tracey Thorn is right on form... Read review

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