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The Best of Two Worlds

The Best of Two Worlds
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

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Track Listing

  1. Double Rainbow
  2. Aguas de Mar�o (Waters of March)
  3. Ligia - Stan Getz, Jo�o Gilberto
  4. Falsa Bahiana
  5. Retrato en Branco e Prieto (Picture in Black and White)
  6. Izaura (You Know I Just Shouldn't Stay)
  7. Eu Vim da Bahia
  8. Joao Marcello
  9. � Preciso Perdoar
  10. Just One of Those Things

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #81589 in Music
  • Released on: 1990-10-25
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Very Good Bossa Nova Album5
For lovers of the sweet, gentle and romantic rhythms of bossa-nova, with the masters: saxophonist, Stan Getz and singer & guitarist, Joao Gilberto, who started all the trend, back in 1964, with "The Girl of Ipanema" et al.

This album is very good, in the tradition of Getz and Gilberto's landmark albums of the `60s, but perhaps in a "softer" vein.

Also featured (uncredited in her début) is brazilian singer, Heloisa Buarque deHollanda, better known in her country as "Miucha", who's Joao Gilberto's second wife (his first was Astrud Gilberto), Bebel Gilberto's mother and Chico Buarque's sister. After this album, she's appeared in two albums with Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others.

Music to Chill To5
This has been a favorite of mine since it first came out. Like everyone else, to me this is the definitive version of "Waters of March." I finally tracked down the lyrics somewhere and they are true poetry. For another fine version of the song, see Susanna McCorckle's "From Bessie to Brazil." One correction, the female vocalist on this album is Heloisa Buarque DeHollanda. The liner notes don't give much info. Airto appears on percussion. The rhythm section is Steve Swallow and Clint Houston on bass and Grady Tate on the drum kit.

beautiful5
The two reviews below have described this album well. I love Brazilian music, it takes me back to the days of lying on the Coppacabana beach, the wind blowing in my hair, the men selling ice-creams, the smell of coconuts, the unbearably hot sand. But this album isn't just any Brazilian music. It is one of the best I have ever heard, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto have beautiful voices that make every song a treasure. I have heard many versions of Aguas de Marco, but none compare to this version, with Stan Getz's saxophone in the background...there are no words to describe it but trust me, if you like music that moves your soul, that expresses passion, love and if you like to dance, then compre ja.