Stan Getz - Big Band Bossa Nova
Stan Getz – tenor saxophone [click here to see more vinyl featuring Stan Getz]
Jim Hall – guitar
Hank Jones – piano
Doc Severinsen – trumpet
Arranged and conducted by Gary McFarland
1 LP, tip-on gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings (QRP)
Label : Verve - Acoustic Sounds Series
Original Label : Verve
Recorded in August 1962 at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York
Produced by Creed Taylor
Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Series supervised by Chad Kassem
Originally released in 1962
Reissued in 2026
Tracks:
Side A:
- Manha De Carnival (Morning of Carnival)
- Balanço No Samba (Street Dance)
- Melancolico (Melancholy)
- Entre Amigos (Sympathy Between Friends)
Side B:
- Chega De Saudade (Too Much Longing)
- Noite Triste (Night Sadness)
- Samba De Uma Nota So (One Note Samba)
- Bim Bom
Reviews :
“Fresh from the sudden success of Jazz Samba and "Desafinado," Stan Getz asked the 28-year-old, strikingly gifted Gary McFarland to arrange a bossa nova album for big band as a follow-up. Getz is always his debonair, wistful, freely-floating self, completely at home in the Brazilian idiom that he'd adopted only a few months before. McFarland usually keeps things nice and spare (although "One Note Samba" is uncharacteristically cluttered and a bit too discordant for the material), letting his pungent voicings stab the air now and then, while allowing the soloists all the room they want within the confines of producer Creed Taylor's tight timings. Four of the eight songs are by McFarland (none of which would become standards), and Getz makes relaxed impressions with "Manha de Carnival" and "Chega de Saudade." Jim Hall takes the role of acoustic guitarist from Charlie Byrd with his usual fluidity, and Hank Jones ruminates in a boppish way on piano. This album also charted quite respectably (number 13) in the first flush of the bossa nova boom.” AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Rating :
AllMusic 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.29 / 5