Astrud Gilberto | Jazz Round Midnight

Jazz 'Round Midnight: Astrud Gilberto Review

 

by AllMusic

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More thematically-programmed than many of Verve's compilations, the Jazz 'Round Midnight series focuses on the quiet, romantic side of the label's artists. Astrud Gilberto is a perfect match for this series. Her simultaneously childlike and alluring voice defines the quiet, romantic elements of the bossa nova style she popularized worldwide with the enormous success of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "The Girl from Ipanema," recorded with her then-husband Joao Gilberto and the Stan Getz Quartet in 1963.

After that classic, JAZZ ROUND MIDNIGHT focuses little on Gilberto's trademark Brazilian sambas, instead favoring her unique interpretations of jazz standards. Gilberto's bossa nova versions of "Fly Me To the Moon," "The Shadow Of Your Smile," and "Here's That Rainy Day" epitomize romantic languor. "I feel so gay in a melancholy way" goes the key line of the standard "It Might As Well Be Spring," and no sentiments could better encapsulate Astrud Gilberto's gift. 

Astrud Gilberto   |   Jazz Round Midnight

1 The Girl From Ipanema 00:00 2 Fly Me To The Moon 05:25 3 Non-Stop To Brazil 07:44 4 Only Trust Your Heart 10:12 5 It Might As Well Be Spring 14:30 6 My Foolish Heart 18:45 7 Misty Roses 21:32 8 Tu Me Delirio 24:11 9 Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) 27:53 10 Manha de Carnival 32:10 11 If You Went Away 34:08 12 Here's That Rainy Day 37:30 13 I Will Wait For You 40:17 14 Who Can I Turn To? 45:01 15 Once Upon A Summertime 47:11 16 The Shadow Of Your Smile 50:18 Vocals – Astrud Gilberto (tracks: 1 to 16) CD Compilation Released 1996