Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto Getz/Gilberto (Acoustic Sounds Series) SHM-SACD

Single-Layer Stereo Japanese Import SHM-SACD!
This Single-Layer SHM-SACD can only be played on a Super Audio CD Player!
Two names spring to mind upon hearing the words jazz and samba, namely those of Stan Getz and João Gilberto. But really one should be thinking of Antonio Carlos Jobim, who, with his composition from 1958 "Chega de Saudade", first created the type of Brazilian samba that is known today as bossa nova. It was with one of Jobim's songs, "Desafinado", that the bossa nova began its triumphant conquest of the USA. In 1962, Stan Getz made the work widely known when he recorded the number, together with Charlie Byrd, on his album Jazz Samba. It was this recording, along with Focus (1961), which was responsible for Getz's definitive comeback in the USA at that same time. Jazz Samba opened the floodgates to a new musical vogue, and although cool jazz had been swept aside by hard bop, the reserved and melancholy touch of Getz's style once again became all the rage. It is really not at all surprising, therefore, that the album Getz/Gilberto, recorded in March 1963 for the Verve label, was a winner right from the very start, bringing together as it did the two godfathers of samba, Jobim and Gilberto, with their American brother Getz.
One of the world's most famous and sunniest hits of jazz and bossa nova made this album a classic: the beautiful "The Girl From Ipanema". The piece, penned by Antônio Carlos Jobim, became the gold standard through this collaboration with saxophonist Stan Getz, guitarist/singer Joãos Gilberto and the vocals of his wife Astrud Gilberto, establishing bossa nova in the jazz universe. Other tracks on the album, which is one of the best-selling jazz recordings of all time, have also established themselves as standards, such as "Corcovado", "So Danço Samba" or "O Grande Amor". A deeply relaxed and atmospheric basic for any collection.
This music is like a pleasantly warm bath whose water is perfumed with essential oil, or like a mild summer night bathed in golden moonlight. The songs, all of them now classics in their own right, are filled with the joy of life, peace and harmony.
SHM-SACD (Super High Material SACD) is the ultimate Super Audio CD that utilizes the materials and technologies that were developed for the SHM-CD to further enhance the audio-resolution. These discs are made with polycarbonate developed for the screen of the liquid crystal display. As it has a higher transparency, players can read the signal more faithfully. Also, it excels in fluidity, which enables you to cast a more accurate pit. What works wonders for a low resolution format such as CD should offer even greater sonic improvements in a real high resolution format such as SACD.

Features:

• Super High Material Super Audio CD
• SHM-SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• Single-Layer Stereo SHM-SACD, to secure enough reflectance and not to compress DSD file
• Label of the disc is printed with a special green ink called 'Onsho Shiyou', which minimizes diffuse reflection
• Carefully selected master audio is used, from existing DSD files to newly converted from analog tapes
• This Single-Layer SHM-SACD can only be played on a Super Audio CD Player! It will NOT play on conventional CD Players!
• Made in Japan

Musicians:

• Stan Getz, tenor sax
• Joao Gilberto, guitar, vocals
• Antonio Carlos Jobim, piano
• Tommy Williams, bass
• Milton Banana, drums
• Astrud Gilberto, vocals

Selections:

1. The Girl From Ipanema
2. Doralice
3. P'ra Muchucar
4. Desafinado
5. Corcovado
6. So Dance Samba
7. O Grande Amor
8. Vivio Sonhando