Jazz Round Midnight: Bossa Nova

Various Artists - Intl. - So. & Central America - Brazil/Bossa Nova/Samba, Various Artists - Jazz - Latin/Afro-Cuban Jazz, Stan Getz, Jazz 'Round Midnight (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 17, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046TC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection of essential Getz bossa nova, June 15, 2000

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Jon Warshawsky "Sinatra Guru" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Round Midnight: Bossa Nova (Audio CD)

As always, Stan Getz' saxophone is the star attraction here, but this is a well-balanced collection. The essential Getz bossa favorites -- Desafinado, Corcovado and Girl from Ipanema -- shine as always, and the instrumentals (especially Menina Moca and O Morro...) are stunning, with Antonio Carlos Jobim's impeccable guitar on the latter.

Jazz Samba is considered the essential Getz/bossa nova album, and there is some overlap, but how can you say no to Byrd, Getz and Jobim! I prefer vocalists to instrumentalists, but Getz' sax is a voice of its own and always a perfect evening listen. If you already own a stack of Getz albums, this one might contain enough redundancy (Bahia appears on several albums and collections, for example) that you don't need it; for new fans it's a great choice.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Transcendental Experience, December 7, 2007

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Mr. Mambo (Burnsville, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jazz Round Midnight: Bossa Nova (Audio CD)

There was only one Stan Getz. This disc is an excellent cross-section of the best stuff he produced during the bossa nova years. He has many bossa nova albums, but if you don't want to buy them all, then this single disk, jam-packed with music, should suffice. Be careful though: you may find yourself lying down and relaxing, your mind transported to a perfect beach in a secluded part of paradise, drink in hand, watching the graceful island girls as they samba across the sand, hips swaying, etc., etc..
I don't know if it was Getz, or Jobim, or Joao Gilberto who first got the idea to team up on this music, but they certainly knew what they were doing. This has to be the sexiest, steamiest, most languidly erotic music ever produced. The singing, and looks, of Astrid Gilberto only add fuel to the fire. It's been forty years or so since the bossa nova craze hit--let's face it--it was a fad--but the music is still potent, still provocative, still vital.
Other sax players tried to jump on the bossa bandwagon, but it was Stan, with his inimitable tone, his understated technique, who truly made it his own.

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy, April 10, 2010

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This review is from: Jazz Round Midnight: Bossa Nova (Audio CD)

Bossa Nova does something to you. It's joyous, soulful, and so affecting you simply lose yourself in the music. I can put on this music, sleep to it, and awake happier than I had been the previous day.