"Most die-hard Brazilian music fans would argue that Getz/Gilberto, the iconic 1964 album featuring ""The Girl from Ipanema,"" is not the best bossa nova record. Yet we've all heard ""The Girl from Ipanema"" as background music in a thousand anodyne settings, from cocktail parties to telephone hold music. So how did Getz/Gilberto become the Brazilian album known around the world, crossing generational and demographic divides?
Bryan McCann traces the history and making of Getz/Gilberto as a musical collaboration between leading figure of bossa nova João Gilberto and Philadelphia-born and New York-raised cool jazz artist Stan Getz. McCann also reveals the contributions of the less-understood participants (Astrud Gilberto's unrehearsed, English-language vocals; Creed Taylor's immaculate production; Olga Albizu's arresting, abstract-expressionist cover art) to show how a perfect balance of talents led to not just a great album, but a global pop sensation. And he explains how Getz/Gilberto emerged from the context of Bossa Nova Rio de Janeiro, the brief period when the subtle harmonies and aching melodies of bossa nova seemed to distill the spirit of a modernizing, sensuous city.
33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more."
By:
Bryan Daniel McCann (Georgetown University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 197mm,
Width: 127mm,
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9781501323966
ISBN 10: 1501323962
Series: 33 1/3 Brazil
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 29 November 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"1. Introduction 2. What Is Bossa Nova? 3. ""The Girl from Ipanema"" 4. Siren Song 5. ""Doralice"" 6. Backstage at Orfeu da Conceição 7. ""Para Machucar Meu Coração"" 8. Woe unto You, Copacabana 9. Stan Getz 10. Bossa and Race 11. ""Desafinado"" 12. The Cusp of Greatness 13. ""Corcovado"" 14. Bossa Nova on the Car Radio 15. ""Só Danço Samba"" 16. Happiness Is a Drop of Dew 17. Dancehall Memories 18. ""O Grande Amor"" 19. Haroldo Costa 20. Olga Albizu and ""Alla Africa"" 21. Two, Three, Many Girls from Ipanema 22. ""Vivo Sonhando"" 23. Bossa and Bicycles 24. Afterlife of the Girl from Ipanema Endnotes Index"
Bryan McCann is Professor of Brazilian History at Georgetown University, USA.
