Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (LP)

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd's iconic 'Jazz Samba' plus 2 bonus tracks on 180g orange vinyl, includes new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz's writer Brian Morton and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.

Because of The Girl From Ipanema, Getz/Gilberto usually gets the credit for launching the bossa nova craze in the US, but Jazz Samba was recorded a full year earlier and was no less successful, scoring a major hit itself with Desafinado, which in some ways even more accurately captures the enervated, languishing mood soundtracked by bossa. - Penguin Guide To Jazz

While the connection between jazz and Brazilian music has become commonplace, it is important to note that this album inaugurated the fruitful meeting between jazz and bossa nova. - Jazz Magazine