Stan Getz: Insensatez (How Insensitive)
Musicians:
Stan Getz (tenor sax), Luiz Bonfá (guitar), Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano), George Duvivier (bass), Tommy Williams (bass),
Paulo Ferreira, Jose Carlos (drums), Maria Toledo (vocal)
.Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes
.Recorded: New York, February 8, 9, 27, 1963
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
This track is the gleaming gem of an otherwise lackluster album. One of Jobim’s most recorded compositions, this “Insensatez” has a lugubrious Portuguese vocal by Maria Toledo that is saved by Stan Getz’s background commentary. Getz’s solo is dynamic, building to a passionate wailing, while Jobim’s eloquent piano is simplicity itself. The legend goes that since Jobim’s hands were too small to comfortably span an octave, he avoided intricate chording and developed his signature one-fingered style of improvisation. Whatever its origins, this technique makes him the Basie of bossa nova.
Reviewer: Judith Schlesinger
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