Jazz samba

Jazz samba
Studio album by Stan Getz , Charlie Byrd
Publication (s)	1962
Label (s)	Verve Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	jazz
Title (number)	7/8
running time	35:37
occupation	Tenor saxophone : Stan Getz Guitar : Charlie Byrd Bass : Keter Betts Bass, rhythm guitar : Gene Byrd Drums , percussion : Buddy Deppenschmidt Drums: Bill Reichenbach senior
production	Creed Taylor
Studio (s)	All Souls Church, Unitarian, Washington, DC
chronology Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer (1961) Jazz samba Getz / Gilberto (1964)

Jazz Samba is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd , recorded on February 13, 1962, and released on Verve on April 20, 1962 . Jazz Samba was the first bossa nova album on the US jazz scene and is considered one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time.

History of origin

Stan Getz in Sandvika, Norway, February 1983

Although Stan Getz was the star of the album, the album was heavily influenced and shaped by guitarist Charlie Byrd. Byrd, like his drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt, had heard a lot of bossa nova on a tour through South America funded by the State Department and had brought back tapes that he enthusiastically played for his fellow musicians. Getz was particularly enthusiastic about the album Chega de Saudade by João Gilberto , which contained Bossas by Antônio Carlos Jobim . Getz and Byrd decided to record an album in this new style. For this they chose compositions by Jobim ( Desafinado and One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só)) and other creators of bossa nova such as Baden-Powell or Ary Barroso . There was also a composition by Byrd. After the first attempts in Rudy Van Gelder's studio, the album was recorded in February 1962: Getz and Byrd were accompanied by Byrd's regular rhythm section (Keter Betts on bass, Buddy Deppenschmidt on drums), which was also accompanied by Charlie's brother Byrd, Joe "Gene" Byrd, and Bill Reichenbach were reinforced. The album was recorded within four hours at All Souls Church in Washington, DC. Getz and producer Taylor immediately flew back to New York. Taylor hesitated whether to release the album despite the rhythm section's weaknesses; it was launched shortly afterwards as the Verve LP V6-8432. Byrd initially only received a routine fee for participating in the album. In 1964, he litigated for three years to earn $ 50,000 in revenue.

Impact history

The release of the album marks the beginning of the bossa nova fever in the United States, which culminated in the mid-1960s with Getz's next album, Getz / Gilberto . The album reached number 1 in the pop album charts, where it stayed for 70 weeks. Getz won the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Soloist or Small Group for Desafinado .

The album received five stars from Allmusic and is considered an important part of every jazz collection. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 .

Track list

1. Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça ) - 5:52
2. Samba Dees Days (Charlie Byrd) - 3:35
3. O Pato (The Duck) (Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira) - 2:34
4. Samba Triste (Baden Powell, Billy Blanco) - 4:44
5. One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota Só) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 6:12
6. É Luxo Só (Ary Barroso) - 3:43
7. Baia (Ary Barroso) - 6:49
8. Desafinado (bonus track on CD) - 2:00

literature

• Ralf Dombrowski : Basis-Diskothek Jazz (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 18372). Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-018372-3 .

Web links

• Jazz Samba at Allmusic (English)
• Review of Jazz Samba at Verve
• David R. Adler Give the Drummer Some ( Jazztimes 2004; PDF; 4.0 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dombrowski Basis-Diskothek Jazz , p. 40f.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The initiative to record the record came either from Byrd's wife or from his drummer. See David R. Adler Give the Drumer Some (Jazz Times) ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.0 MB) 
3. ↑ Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil 1998, p. 66
4. ↑ On October 25th and 26th, 1961, six tracks were recorded; among others, Roy Haynes was involved. See discography by Stan Getz and David R. Adler Give the Drumer Some
5. ↑ Satn Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim - Their greatest hits. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 11, 2008 ; Retrieved June 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Beach Boys hit enters Grammy Hall of Fame, at bbc.co.uk
7. ↑ Original single