Jazz Samba Encore! Explained

Jazz Samba Encore!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Stan Getz, Luiz Bonfá
Cover:	Jazz Samba Encore! cover.jpg
Released:	April 1963^[1]
Recorded:	February 8–9 and 27, 1963
Studio:	Webster Hall, New York City
Genre:	Jazz, bossa nova
Label:	MGM/Verve
Producer:	Creed Taylor

Jazz Samba Encore! is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá, released on the Verve label.^[2] It is bossa nova in a slower groove. It contains a mix of Jobim standards as well as originals from Bonfá. Performers also include Antonio Carlos Jobim and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife. The painting on the cover is a piece by the influential New York based abstract expressionist Olga Albizu from Puerto Rico.

Track listing

1. "Sambalero" (Luiz Bonfá) – 2:08
2. "Só Danço Samba (I Only Dance Samba)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes) – 3:36
3. "Insensatez (How Insensitive)" (Jobim/de Moraes) – 3:21
4. "O Morro Não Tem Vez (Favela)" (Jobim/de Moraes) – 6:53
5. "Samba de Duas Notas (Two Note Samba)" (Luiz Bonfá) – 4:18 (in reference to Jobim's "One Note Samba")
6. "Menina Flor" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 4:08
7. "Mania de Maria" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 2:43
8. "Saudade Vem Correndo" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 3:39
9. "Um Abração no Getz (A Tribute to Getz)" (Bonfá) – 4:23
10. "Ebony Samba" (Second Version) (Bonfá) – 4:33
11. "Ebony Samba" (First Version) (Bonfá) – 3:48 (bonus track on CD release)

Personnel

• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
• Luiz Bonfá – guitar
• Antônio Carlos Jobim – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, and 9); piano (track 3)
• Maria Toledo – vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, and 11)
• Tommy Williams (tracks 1–4, and 9), George Duvivier (tracks 2–4, and 9), Don Payne (tracks 5–8, 10, and 11) – bass
• Paulo Ferreira (tracks 5–7) – drums
• Jose Carlos (tracks 1–4, and 9), Dave Bailey (tracks 8, and 10) – drums, percussion

In popular culture

The bridge of "Saudade Vem Correndo" is prominently sampled in the 1995 song "Runnin'" by hip hop group The Pharcyde, from their album Labcabincalifornia. In turn, "Runnin" is interpolated in the 2003 song "Fallen" by R&B singer Mýa, from her album Moodring. "Saudade Vem Correndo" is also sampled in the 2019 song "Make Believe" by rapper Juice WRLD, from his album Death Race for Love.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YQsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Stan+Getz+encore&pg=PA64 Billboard Apr 20, 1963
2. Book: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Richard. Cook. Richard Cook (journalist). Brian. Morton. Brian Morton (Scottish writer). Penguin. 545. 9th. 2008. 978-0-14-103401-0.
3. https://www.whosampled.com/Stan-Getz/Saudade-Vem-Correndo/sampled/ Samples of Saudade Vem Correndo