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Classic 1960s Bossa Nova, recorded just after the genre was grafted into American Jazz.
Antonio Carlos Jobim who was practically the inventor of Bossa Nova, sings with his unmistakable laid back syncopated vocals that have a style all his own. He produced that style whether he was singing or playing guitar or piano.

Astrud Gilberto joined in with a superb chorus with her under-stated trademark of vibrato-less latin sexy sound. Then we get choruses from Stan Getz who takes the piece to the end. Getz played with superb feeling for the Latin jazz fusion without trying to stamp too much pure American jazz onto it. So it was a respectful mix of the two separate worlds.

There was some ill feeling on the part of the Brazillian musicians in the years after Bossa Nova, as they felt the purity of their national music heritage was being “sold out” to American commercial interests. Maybe it did and probably because it leant a little on the Pop Music world for popularity but even so the genre has lasted superbly and longer than anything from the 60s apart from Jazz itself.
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  • paradrome

    I LOVE THIS!!!

    Saturday morning

  • Liloucat

    great classic :)))

    last week

  • esbartolo

    Vinícius de Moraes & Antônio Carlos Jobim

    12 days ago

  • MacSiri

    Absolutely love this song

    last month

  • bethzim3

    Eterna...

    last month

  • muddypuddles

    So sweet, but I love it in it's original language :) <3

    March 2012

  • Sciencejeff

    Yep. I f'ing love this song, too. I fell in love with Astrud the first time I heard her voice sing this lovely tune. Joao, Stan, and Antonio are true masters lightly blanketed with Astrud's quintessensual voice.

    February 2012

  • Ed0113

    A classic so cool...

    January 2012

  • captainyodel

    haha, out of last.fm context, it would be quite silly if i were to just yell out, "FUCK YEAH GUIZE, I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!" every time it came up on my ipod, computer, car, whathaveyou...

    December 2011

  • captainyodel

    every time this song plays i want to shout about how much i adore it.

    December 2011

  • eymensg

    BEsTVERSION !! LOVELOVELOVE...

    December 2011

  • captainyodel

    i absolutely adore this song. bossajamz4ever <3

    December 2011

  • caiocapela

    Music by Vinícius de Moraes and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

    December 2011

  • caiocapela

    I feel so sadly when Brazil is reminded only about football. The brazilian music is sooooo more important here.

    December 2011

  • caiocapela

    BRAZIL - ZIL - ZIL!

    December 2011

  • Plenilunium

    ~~~this one Getz me everytime it's played~~~~ hehehe You said it.

    November 2011

  • StarfishSeastar

    absolute classic! <3

    November 2011

  • captainyodel

    this song is such a fucking jam

    November 2011

  • Im2Jazzy4U

    Getz has to be the best thing that ever happened to Gilberto

    October 2011

  • ParadiseCove

    ~~~this one Getz me everytime it's played~~~~

    October 2011
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