Verve Jazz Masters 9

Verve Jazz Masters (Series), Astrud Gilberto

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.com Sales Rank: #19,985 in Music (See Bestsellers 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

By	George Furtado "George_FBI" (Big Island) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Made me appreciate Ms. Gilberto's art and skill, September 14, 2005

By	B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

As a devotee of classic rock where the major deities were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beach Boys, Dylan, The Greatful Dead, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, The Jefferson Airplane, Traffic, and Cream, Astrud Giberto sounded, to me, like 'Musak', elevator soundtrack, audio wallpaper about as distinctive as Martha Stewart Everyday products at K-Mart. Part of my problem may be that I was never able to appreciate what set Jazz vocals apart from popular vocalist, expecially female vocalists.

One abberation in my very parochial rock tastes was that I happen to be very fond of Barbra Streisand's singing, based on her truly imaginative interpretations of some pedestrian standards, most famously the 'Happy Days are Here Again' on her first album.

And, listening to Gilberto, when her recordings were first released, I heard none of either the militant power of Grace Slick or the great interpretations of Streisand.

But then, I listened to this album with a much more mature ear, and I hear things which I really enjoy listening to many times over. In fact, I probably listen to this album more often than I listen to Streisand nowadays.

I leave the opinions on how this album compares to other Gilberto releases to other reviewers who know her full work better, but to those who visit Jazz now and then, I recommend this selection as a worthy addition to the other names which appear in this Verve jazz masters series.