Stan Getz / Luiz Bonfá / Jazz Samba Encore!

AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell

Here's some more bossa nova from Stan Getz when the bloom was still on the first Brazilian boom. This time, however, on his third such album, Getz relies mostly upon native Brazilians for his backing. Thus, the soft-focused grooves are considerably more attuned to what was actually coming out of Brazil at the time. Two bona fide giants, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá (who gets co-billing), provide the guitars and all of the material, and Maria Toledo contributes an occasional throaty vocal. Getz injects more high-wailing passages into his intuitive affinity for the groove, even going for some fast bop on "Un Abraco No Getz," and Bonfá takes adept care of the guitar solos against Jobim's rock-steady rhythm. Clearly Jobim's songwriting contributions -- "So Danco Samba," "How Insensitive," and "O Morro Nao Tem Vez" -- would have the longest shelf life, and though the album didn't sell as well as its two predecessors, it certainly helped break these tunes into the permanent jazz repertoire. Avid bossa nova fans will certainly treasure this album for the lesser-known Bonfá tunes.

Jazz Samba Encore! is a bossa nova album by Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá, released on the Verve label.^[4] It is bossa nova in a slower groove. It contains a mix of Jobim standards as well as originals from Bonfá. Performers also include Antonio Carlos Jobim and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife. Some songs are subdued but substantial in tone, while "Um Abraco No Getz", features a blistering solo from Stan with Maria totally silent as she is on the superior track O Morro Nao Tem Vez. The painting on the cover is by Olga Albizu.

Track listing 

1. "Sambalero" (Luiz Bonfá) – 2:08
2. "Só Danço Samba (I Only Dance Samba)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes) – 3:36
3. "Insensatez (How Insensitive)" (Jobim/de Moraes) – 3:21
4. "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Favella) (Jobim/de Moraes) – 6:53
5. "Samba de Duas Notas (Two Note Samba)" (Luiz Bonfá) – 4:18 (reference to Jobim's "One Note Samba")
6. "Menina Flor" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 4:08
7. "Mania de Maria" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 2:43
8. "Saudade Vem Correndo" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 3:39
9. "Um Abração no Getz (A Tribute to Getz)" (Bonfá) – 4:23
10. "Ebony Samba – Second Version" (Bonfá) – 4:33
11. "Ebony Samba – First Version" (Bonfá) – 3:48 *

• (bonus CD track)

Personnel 

• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
• Luiz Bonfá – guitar
• Antonio Carlos Jobim – guitar, piano track 3
• George Duvivier, Tommy Williams, Don Payne – bass
• Paulo Ferreira, Jose Carlos, Dave Bailey – drums
• Maria Toledo except 2,4,7 and 9 – vocals (tracks 3 and 8), brief vocalise

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