Getz Stan / Bonfa Luiz

Jazz Samba Encore! - Acoustic Sounds Series

Label: Verve

Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde

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Recorded in February and March of 1963 and released later that year on Verve, Jazz Samba Encore reunites Stan Getz with Luiz Bonfá and Maria Toledo in a more intimate, introspective setting than the landmark Jazz Samba, shaped by Bonfá’s darker harmonic palette, Toledo’s distinctive vocal and percussive presence, and Getz’s warm, unhurried lyricism. Blending Bonfá’s originals with works by Antônio Carlos Jobim, including “Só Danço Samba” and “Insensatez,” the album deepens the evolving dialogue between Brazilian songcraft and American jazz phrasing, with Bonfá’s nylon-string guitar providing a subtle rhythmic and harmonic anchor and Toledo adding textural and emotional nuance. Featuring Jobim on several tracks, the session captures bossa nova’s transition from global sensation to mature artistic exchange, resulting in one of Getz’s most atmospheric and enduring Verve recordings.

180g vinyl Verve Acoustic Sounds Series remastered LP, transferred from the analogue tapes. Housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.