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Like Nico, Astrud Gilberto's everywoman voiced has always had a polarizing effect on critics and fans alike. While her take on bossa nova is less than reverent and decidedly lightweight, the warmth and approachability she brings to each performance is stunning. Verve's lovingly compiled -- and blissfully affordable -- Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour is as solid a collection of her heady mixture of samba, jazz and pop as you're likely to find. Twenty songs, including the classic "Girl From Ipanema," wash in like waves from the warmest of oceans, carrying with them the soft, reverb-drenched soundtrack to summer. If the tropical heat of "Berimbau," the lazy and lonely pulse of Burt Bacharach's "Trains and Boats and Planes" and the upbeat swing of "Wish Me a Rainbow" don't instantly take the drudgery of your day away, then consider yourself hopelessly bitter. Highly recommended.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Norman Gimbel, Translator - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Haroldo Lobo, ComposerLyricist - Niltinho, ComposerLyricist - Walter Wanderley, Participant, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joao Gilberto, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Williams, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Banana, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimble, ComposerLyricist - MARTY PAICH, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hassinger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - António Carlos Jobim, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Mondragon, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stu Williamson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - João Donato, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - NEWTON MENDONCA, ComposerLyricist - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Paich & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marcos Valle, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - RAY GILBERT, Translator - Carlos Albert Pingarillo, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, FeaturedArtist - António Carlos Jobim, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Williams, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Banana, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Marcos Valle, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rosengarden, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Claudio Slon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Wanderley, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, ComposerLyricist - Jose Marino, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Bob Brookmeyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Gil Evans, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARTY PAICH, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Hassinger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - António Carlos Jobim, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Mondragon, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stu Williamson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - RAY GILBERT, ComposerLyricist - João Donato, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Paich & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Joao Gilberto, MainArtist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eumir Deodato, MainArtist - Marcos Valle, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - RAY GILBERT, ComposerLyricist - Pete Spargo, Producer - Paulo Sergio Kostenbader Valle, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Quincy Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MARTY PAICH, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Hassinger, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Mondragon, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stu Williamson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bud Shank, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - João Donato, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marty Paich & His Orchestra, Orchestra - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - Bob Brookmeyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Baden Powell, ComposerLyricist - Gil Evans, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dom Um Romao, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Coles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Doc Pomus, ComposerLyricist - Mort Shuman, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Barbara Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Gary Troxel, ComposerLyricist - Gretchen Christopher, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Brooks Arthur, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - Brooks Arthur, Producer - Baden Powell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duduka Da Fonseca, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Paulo Jobim, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, Producer, Vocals, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, Author - António Carlos Jobim, Composer - GIL GOLDSTEIN, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Last, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Last, Orchestra, Producer, String Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Eggert, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Stein, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Klemt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marcelo Gilberto, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Universal International Music B.V.
Unknown Orchestra, Participant - Bob Hilliard, Author - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - David A. Mann, Composer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Like Nico, Astrud Gilberto's everywoman voiced has always had a polarizing effect on critics and fans alike. While her take on bossa nova is less than reverent and decidedly lightweight, the warmth and approachability she brings to each performance is stunning. Verve's lovingly compiled -- and blissfully affordable -- Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour is as solid a collection of her heady mixture of samba, jazz and pop as you're likely to find. Twenty songs, including the classic "Girl From Ipanema," wash in like waves from the warmest of oceans, carrying with them the soft, reverb-drenched soundtrack to summer. If the tropical heat of "Berimbau," the lazy and lonely pulse of Burt Bacharach's "Trains and Boats and Planes" and the upbeat swing of "Wish Me a Rainbow" don't instantly take the drudgery of your day away, then consider yourself hopelessly bitter. Highly recommended.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:35
- Main artists: Astrud Gilberto
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2001 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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