Verve Jazz Masters 9

Verve Jazz Masters (Series), Astrud Gilberto | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 22, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046RI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,161 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Astrud Gilberto, but mediocre reproduction., September 26, 2002

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George Furtado "George_FBI" (Big Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Verve Jazz Masters 9 (Audio CD)

I rated this a 4 because this cd needs remastering.

I have 5 of Astrud Gilberto's cd's. I love this singer's delivery, but the production quality of this cd is not the best. I own 4 other Astrud cds, all rated 5 on Amazon. If this is your first Astrud Gilberto experience, try one of the others, first.

I guess I'd buy it, again, in spite of its flaws.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Collection of Astrud Gilberto Songs, June 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Verve Jazz Masters 9 (Audio CD)

the songs on this on this album range from festive (felicidad) to somber and fatalistic (Quiet night of Quiet Stars). Its a good collection that showcases Gilberto's unique brazilian voice. One major disapointment for me was the live recording of her major hit, Stan Getz's "Girl from Ipanema". There is a microphone glitch at the beginning of the song that really annoys me. Other than that, the rest of the stuff is pretty good

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but audio quality is not the best, May 30, 2006

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Max-Factor (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Verve Jazz Masters 9 (Audio CD)

There are some beautiful, romantic, popular tracks on this CD.
I agree with one of the reviewers - if you are new to her material there are better recordings available. The tracks on this CD have been selected from different LP's. Some of the tracks present themselves very well. The microphone glitch mentioned by another reviewer is not much of a problem - it does not spoil the number. In fact that particular track has extremely well captured vocals. On the down side there are few tracks that have considerable tape hiss and degraded sound quality - to a point where they interfere with the listening experience.