The Bossa Nova Albums [BOX SET] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Stan Getz (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 6, 2008)
• Original Release Date: May 6, 2008
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B0016BUVUG
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,315 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars UMG (Verve) Could Have Done More With This Re-Release., January 10, 2009

By	William P. Magliocco (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As one would expect, this is a re-release of the five core Stan Getz albums released on Verve in the early to mid 1960's. There is no bonus material with this set; the CDs are sequenced and packaged as the original LPs were.

The music is wonderful, as one would expect. However, I feel UMG missed the boat. There is no additional program or technical documentation with this set other than what was originally released with the vinyl albums. UMG does not mention if these CDs were "lovingly" re-mastered from the studio tapes, or any production data for geeks like me. In addition, the reproductions of the original LP cover notes are very hard to read when shrunken down to a CD-sized package.

Also, there are 39 songs spread across five CDs. If you look hard enough, you can find an older four CD release of a five LP set originally released in the 1980s called "Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Years". This set has 51 tracks; the 39 found on the original five albums as well as a dozen bonus tracks. Even at a slightly higher price per disc, it might be a better value. I can't say for certain as I do not own that CD release (I have it in vinyl). Nor could I comment on the audio quality of an older CD release (there are many critics that feel early CD releases of legacy LPs had serious audio problems).

I will admit this was an impulse buy at a Border's store on New Year's Day, 2009. The copyright is 2008, and I am going to assume UMG put this re-release together for the xmas 2008 shopping season.

And the record company executives continue to ask why business stinks...In the case of a re-release like this, they could have done a lot more with it...

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getz, Bossa Nova,....BEAUTIFUL!, May 10, 2008

By	J. Dearent - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

All of Stan's Bossa Nova albums on Verve beautifully recorded and repackaged. These are the studio recordings. A live date, Getz Au Go Go also on Verve and The Best Of Both Worlds on Columbia complete the Bossa Nova recordings by this master of the saxophone.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A shot of summer for the chilled days ahead., December 13, 2008

By	Gimme_Jazz (Casablanca, Morocco) - See all my reviews

Fancy getting away from the big freeze this winter? Will Sao Paolo or Rio do? If the prospect of a 12-hour flight doesn't appeal, you could plump for this box set of Brazilian brilliance instead.
Free of cheese but full of mardi-gras spirit, it''l have you dancing round the barrios of your own front room. And no jet lag either!
With its gentle rhythms, beguiling songs and hip harmonic surprises, the bossa nova has an evergreen appeal, especially in summertime. And Stan Getz was made for it.
The suave American tenorman's light, breathy tone transforms five prime bossa albums boxed to mark the 50th anniversary of the original craze. "The Girl from Ipanema", his sexy duet with cool chanteuse Astrid Gilberto, and "Desafinado", from his other big album, "Jazz Samba", are the classic tracks, but the Big Band Bossa Nova album with Gary McFarland wears equally well.
Luis Bonfa, João Gilberto and guitarist Laurindo Almeida also co-star in a quality package, perfect for the car stereo whenever the August clouds eventually roll away.
If ever there was an ideal soundtrack to (a sunny) summer, it's the gloriously laidback and romantic bossa novas featured in this five-disc collection which charts jazz tenor saxophonist Getz's love affair with Brazilian music.
Of course, the two standout discs are the albums which kick-started the craze for bossa novas in the early 1960s: Jazz Samba, with guitarist Charlie Byrd, and Getz/Gilberto, which features such hits as "The Girl From Ipanema" as sung by Astrud Gilberto.
"If there are any music-lovers out there who do not yet own a copy of the quintessential bossa date, Getz/Gilberto, they should report to the headmaster's study forthwith...This solid collection of five period discs also includes Jazz Samba, naturally, along with the saxophonist's meetings with the guitarists Luiz Bonfa and Laurindo Almeida, not forgetting the stylish Big Band Bossa Nova. The encounter with João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim is in a different class, but the other discs fill in the gaps very tidily indeed".-Sunday Times
Peack of the albums: Desafinado, The Girl From Ipanema

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