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Getz/Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto (50th Anniversary)

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Simon Sweetman
Jun 11, 2014
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Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto

Getz/Gilberto (50th Anniversary)

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That lovely creamy tenor saxophone line from Stan Getz, the honeyed-up but never hurried-up guitar of Joao Gilberto, of course Astrud’s vocal turn; The Girl From Ipanema is a song everyone knows, a standard. A classic. Legendary. As the lead track on the album it was a bit part of the bossa n…

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