Description
Book SynopsisMost die-hard Brazilian music fans would argue that
Getz/Gilberto, the iconic 1964 album featuring The Girl from Ipanema, is not the best bossa nova record. Yet we''ve all heard The Girl from Ipanema as background music in a thousand anodyne settings, from cocktail parties to telephone hold music. So how did
Getz/Gilberto become
the Brazilian album known around the world, crossing generational and demographic divides? Bryan McCann traces the history and making of
Getz/Gilberto as a musical collaboration between leading figure of bossa nova João Gilberto and Philadelphia-born and New York-raised cool jazz artist Stan Getz. McCann also reveals the contributions of the less-understood participants (Astrud Gilberto''s unrehearsed, English-language vocals; Creed Taylor''s immaculate production; Olga Albizu''s arresting, abstract-expressionist cover art) to show how a perfect balance of talents led to not just a great album, but a global pop sensation. And he exp
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. What Is Bossa Nova? 3. "The Girl from Ipanema" 4. Siren Song 5. "Doralice" 6. Backstage at
Orfeu da Conceição 7. "Para Machucar Meu Coração" 8. Woe unto You, Copacabana 9. Stan Getz 10. Bossa and Race 11. "Desafinado" 12. The Cusp of Greatness 13. "Corcovado" 14. Bossa Nova on the Car Radio 15. "Só Danço Samba" 16. Happiness Is a Drop of Dew 17. Dancehall Memories 18. "O Grande Amor" 19. Haroldo Costa 20. Olga Albizu and "Alla Africa" 21. Two, Three, Many Girls from Ipanema 22. "Vivo Sonhando" 23. Bossa and Bicycles 24. Afterlife of the Girl from Ipanema Endnotes Index
