Getz/Gilberto '76 Explained

Getz/Gilberto '76
Type:Live album
Artist:Stan Getz and João Gilberto
Cover:Getz-Gilberto '76.jpg
Released:February 19, 2016
Recorded:May 11–16, 1976
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California
Genre:Jazz
Length:55:07
Label:Resonance
HLP-9021/HCD-2021
Producer:Zev Feldman
Chronology:Stan Getz
Prev Title:The Master
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Moments in Time
Next Year:1976

Getz/Gilberto '76 is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist/vocalist João Gilberto which was recorded at Keystone Korner in 1976 and released on the Resonance label in 2016.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Matt Collar called it "some of Getz and Gilberto's best live performances of the period" stating that "Getz and his band were more than amenable to backing the enigmatic Gilberto, who appears here in a variety of settings, from solo to duo to accompaniment by the full band. What's particularly fascinating is hearing how the band adjusts to Gilberto's distinctive and subtle phrasing, his steady guitar pulse anchoring his delicate, fluid vocal melodies. While cuts like 'Chega de Saudade' and 'Doralice' retain all the warmth and beauty of the original 1964 recordings [actually, 'Chega de Saudade' was not recorded by Getz in 1964], at the Keystone Getz and his band color them in surprising yet still thoughtful ways. The result is an evening of organic, dreamlike splendor". Writing in The Observer Dave Gelly said "The original 1964 Getz/Gilberto album is a masterpiece, and this never reaches those heights, but there's something spellbinding about Gilberto's intensity when facing a live audience, close-up".[2]

Track listing

  1. Spoken Intro by Stan Getz – 1:09
  2. "É Preciso Perdoar" (Carlos Coqueijo, Alcivando Luz) – 5:51
  3. "Aguas de Março" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 5:47
  4. "Retrato Em Branco E Preto" (Jobim, Chico Buarque) – 4:48
  5. "Samba da Minha Terra" (Dorival Caymmi) – 3:21
  6. "Chega de Saudade" (Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 3:43
  7. "Rosa Morena" (Caymmi) – 4:26
  8. "Eu Vim da Bahia" (Gilberto Gil) – 4:12
  9. "João Marcelo" (João Gilberto) – 3:21
  10. "Doralice" (Caymmi, Antônio Almeida) – 3:48
  11. "Morena Boca de Ouro" (Ary Barroso) – 3:34
  12. "Um Abraço No Bonfá" (Gilberto) – 4:39
  13. "É Preciso Perdoar (Encore)" (Coqueijo, Luz) – 6:28

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.resonancerecords.org/release.php?cat=HCD-2021 Resonance Records: album listing
  2. Gelly, D., João Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto '76 review – live, minimalist and spellbinding, February 14, 2016