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A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

Stan Getz: The Girl from Ipanema (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

The bouncy “Girl from Ipanema” is Jobim’s most universally recognized composition; one of the most recorded tunes of ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Insensatez (How Insensitive) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This track is the gleaming gem of an otherwise lackluster album. One of Jobim’s most recorded compositions, this “In...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Herbie Mann: One Note Samba (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

Aside from the cleverness of a tune “built upon a single note,” this song is notable as one of the few for which Jobi...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Meditation (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This Verve album, Jobim’s first as leader, was quickly assembled to capitalize on the meteoric success of “Girl from ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This melody swings through a series of upward shifts, conveying optimism and hope. In the original lyrics by Viniciu...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Here's That Rainy Day (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 30, 07

This album was a sequel to the first Getz/Gilberto record, which received nine Grammy nominations as well as great co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd: Samba Triste (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

This track appeared on the pioneering, hugely successful Jazz Samba album because guitarist Charlie Byrd wanted to in...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Two Note Samba (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

This album was recorded about a year after the phenomenal Jazz Samba in an obvious attempt to make lightning strike t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Corcovado (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

What do Perry Como, Miles Davis, and James Galway have in common? They’ve all covered Jobim’s “Corcovado” -- only “I...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Stan Getz: Desafinado (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

“Desafinado” first appeared on the 1962 Jazz Samba album that launched the bossa nova craze and stayed on the charts ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

Herbie Mann: Consolação (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Herbie Mann was on that 1961 State Department tour that was just supposed to bring American jazz to Brazil; instead, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

João Gilberto: Bim Bom (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

While Jobim’s is the name most people associate with bossa nova, he himself attributed its creation to João Gilberto....

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BOSSA NOVA

Bossa nova never was a dance, despite the 1963 hit “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” (“the dance of love”). It was a mu...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Jazz.com is One Year Old Today posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 09, 08

Today jazz.com celebrates its first birthday. And what a whirlwind year it has been! A team of more than 50 writer...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks posted in Features and Interviews May 14, 09

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