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in 1962. ''Jazz Samba'' signaled the beginning of the bossa nova craze in America. Stan Getz was the featured soloist and the tracks were arranged by Charlie Byrd, who had first heard bossa nova during a tour of Brazil in 1961. Getz and Byrd were accompanied by two bassists:

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and Joe Byrd, Charlie Byrd's brother who also played guitar. They were joined by two drummers: Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichenbach. The album was recorded at All Souls Unitarian Church in

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on February 13, 1962 and released in April of that year. Two songs, "

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" (Off Key or Out of Tune) and "

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" (One Note Samba) were composed by

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and were released as singles in the U.S. and Europe. Charlie Byrd wrote one song, "Samba Dees Days", while the rest were by Brazilian composers. Stan Getz won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance of 1963 for "Desafinado", and went on to make many other bossa nova recordings, notably with

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and

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and the popular song "

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". "Desafinado" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, while ''Jazz Samba'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Robert Dimery included ''Jazz Samba'' in his book ''

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Track listing

Side one

# "

" (

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Newton Mendonça Newton Ferreira de Mendonça (February 14, 1927 – November 22, 1960) was a musician, composer, and lyricist. He began as a pianist in 1950. Mendonça was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 he started working with Antônio Carlos Jobim, somethin ...

) — 5:51 # "Samba Dees Days" ( Charlie Byrd) — 3:34 # "O Pato" (Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira) — 2:31 # "Samba Triste" ( Baden Powell, Billy Blanco) — 4:47

Side two

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) — 6:11 # "É Luxo Só" (

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) — 3:40 # "Bahia" (aka 'Baia') (

) — 6:38

Bonus track on CD reissue

# "Desafinado" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) 45 rpm issue — 2:00

Personnel

* Stan Getz – tenor saxophone * Charlie Byrd – guitar * Gene Byrd – guitar, bass *

– double bass * Buddy Deppenschmidt – drums, percussion * Bill Reichenbach Sr. – drums, percussion

Chart positions

References

External links

Panel Discussion: The Jazz Samba Project, The Strathmore Music and Arts Center, Bethesda, Md. (2014)

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