Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley: So Nice

Track

So Nice (Samba de Verao [Summer Samba])

Artist

Astrud Gilberto (vocals) and Walter Wanderley (organ)

CD

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (Verve V6-8673)

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Musicians:

Astrud Gilberto (vocals), Walter Wanderley (organ), Bobby Rosengarden (percussion),

unknown (guitar), Jose Marino (bass), Claudio Slon (drums)

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Composed by Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle & Paulo Sérgio Valle

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Recorded: New York, September 20, 1966

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Rating: 77/100 (learn more)

How do you say "turkey" in Portuguese? That's easy: Astrud Gilberto. Bossa nova's answer to Mrs. Miller, the campy suburban Los Angeles matron who graced mid-'60s pop charts with timely but gloriously awful covers of favorites such as Petula Clark's "Downtown." Here, to invoke a chewing-gum commercial of that era, we "double our pleasure, double our fun" by pairing off-key Astrud with Walter Wanderley's cheesy cocktail-lounge organ. And the hits just keep on coming. We must admit, though, this track would make an ideal soundtrack for a time-capsule video of the Swinging Sixties directed by Federico Fellini. Ciao, Marcello!

Reviewer: Alan Kurtz

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