Best of Two Worlds

Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000255D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,783 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue of 1975 album packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Featuring Joao Gilberto. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Bossa Nova Album, February 28, 2003

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Fernando Silva "fedo" (Santiago de Chile.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Two Worlds (Audio CD)

For lovers of the sweet, gentle and romantic rhythms of bossa-nova, with the masters: saxophonist, Stan Getz and singer & guitarist, Joao Gilberto, who started all the trend, back in 1964, with "The Girl of Ipanema" et al.

This album is very good, in the tradition of Getz and Gilberto's landmark albums of the `60s, but perhaps in a "softer" vein.

Also featured (uncredited in her début) is brazilian singer, Heloisa Buarque deHollanda, better known in her country as "Miucha", who's Joao Gilberto's second wife (his first was Astrud Gilberto), Bebel Gilberto's mother and Chico Buarque's sister. After this album, she's appeared in two albums with Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music to Chill To, January 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Two Worlds (Audio CD)

This has been a favorite of mine since it first came out. Like everyone else, to me this is the definitive version of "Waters of March." I finally tracked down the lyrics somewhere and they are true poetry. For another fine version of the song, see Susanna McCorckle's "From Bessie to Brazil." One correction, the female vocalist on this album is Heloisa Buarque DeHollanda. The liner notes don't give much info. Airto appears on percussion. The rhythm section is Steve Swallow and Clint Houston on bass and Grady Tate on the drum kit.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Two Worlds (Audio CD)

The two reviews below have described this album well. I love Brazilian music, it takes me back to the days of lying on the Coppacabana beach, the wind blowing in my hair, the men selling ice-creams, the smell of coconuts, the unbearably hot sand. But this album isn't just any Brazilian music. It is one of the best I have ever heard, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto have beautiful voices that make every song a treasure. I have heard many versions of Aguas de Marco, but none compare to this version, with Stan Getz's saxophone in the background...there are no words to describe it but trust me, if you like music that moves your soul, that expresses passion, love and if you like to dance, then compre ja.