Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba (1962/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba (1962/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:35:47 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  | Source: Qobuz | Artwork: Front cover | © The Verve Music Group
Recorded: Pierce Hall, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington D.C., February 13, 1962.

Jazz Samba is a bossa nova LP by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, released on the Verve label on April 20, 1962.
Jazz Samba was the first major bossa-nova album on the American jazz scene. It was the real start of the bossa-nova excitement in America, which peaked in the mid-1960s. Though Stan Getz was the featured star of the album, it was very strongly inspired and designed by the guitarist Charlie Byrd. They were joined by two alternating bassists —Keter Betts and Charlie’s brother, Gene (Joe) Byrd— and two drummers —Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichenbach— for the recording at All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, D.C. on February 13, 1962, and it was released on April 20, that year as Verve LP V6-8432.

Although it is often described as music by Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, only two of the seven tracks on the album are Jobim compositions —”Desafinado” (Slightly Out of Tune) and “Samba de Uma Nota Só” (One Note Samba)— the rest being by other Brazilian composers and by Charlie Byrd. The two tracks composed by Jobim were released in Europe and the US as single (most commonly with “Desafinado” on the A-side). Getz won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance of 1963 for the track “Desafinado”, and went on to make many other bossa nova recordings, most notably with João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto, and most famously “The Girl from Ipanema”.

Partly because of its Brazilian collaborators and partly because of “The Girl From Ipanema,” Getz/Gilberto is nearly always acknowledged as the Stan Getz bossa nova LP. But Jazz Samba is just as crucial and groundbreaking; after all, it came first, and in fact was the first full-fledged bossa nova album ever recorded by American jazz musicians. And it was just as commercially successful, topping the LP charts and producing its own pop chart hit single in “Desafinado.” It was the true beginning of the bossa nova craze, and introduced several standards of the genre (including Ary Barroso’s “Bahia” and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Desafinado” and “Samba de Uma Nota Só” [aka “One Note Samba”]). But above all, Jazz Samba stands on its own artistic merit as a shimmering, graceful collection that’s as subtly advanced — in harmony and rhythm — as it is beautiful. Getz and his co-billed partner, guitarist Charlie Byrd — who was actually responsible for bringing bossa nova records to the U.S. and introducing Getz to the style — have the perfect touch for bossa nova’s delicate, airy texture. For his part, Byrd was one of the first American musicians to master bossa nova’s difficult, bubbling syncopations, and his solos are light and lilting. Meanwhile, Getz’s playing is superb, simultaneously offering a warm, full tone and a cool control of dynamics; plus, Byrd’s gently off-kilter harmonies seem to stimulate Getz’s melodic inventiveness even more than usual. But beyond technique, Getz intuitively understands the romanticism and the undercurrent of melancholy inherent in the music, and that’s what really made Jazz Samba such a revelatory classic. Absolutely essential for any jazz collection. –Steve Huey

Tracklist:
1. Desafinado 05:53
2. Samba Dees Days 03:36
3. O Pato 02:35
4. Samba Triste 04:49
5. Samba De Uma Nota So 06:13
6. E Luxo So 03:45
7. Bahia 06:52
8. Desafinado 02:03

Personnel:
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
Charlie Byrd – guitar
Keter Betts – bass
Buddy Deppenschmidt – drums
Gene Byrd – guitar, bass
Bill Reichenbach Sr. – percussion

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