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For her second Verve LP, Astrud Gilberto expanded her range from a raft of Gilberto/Jobim standards to embrace the large and obviously daunting catalogue of classic American pop. With arrangements by Don Sebesky and Claus Ogerman (as well as two by country-mate João Donato), The Shadow of Your Smile can't help but shine a bright spotlight on Gilberto's weak voice, especially when she's singing material previously enlightened by singers with the weight of Frank Sinatra or Sarah Vaughan. Even the intimate, understated arrangements on songs like "Day by Day," the title track, and "Fly Me to the Moon" overshadow the chanteuse's limited range. Brazilian material like the five songs by Luiz Bonfá make for better listening, though the preponderance of flutes, strings, and muted trumpet in the arrangements is very mid-'60s, for better and worse. (And the notes' description of "O Ganso" as an "exercise in vocalise based on bah and dah sounds" is being more than generous.) Certainly, no American vocalist could hope to equal the tortured syntax and somehow endearing performances on these songs; still, Verve did much better by Gilberto later on when they gave her good-time Brazilian songs to sing and didn't attempt to force comparison with standard jazz/pop vocalists.
© John Bush /TiVo
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JOHNNY MANDEL, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Bob Brookmeyer, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Kai Winding, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Donald John Sebesky, Unknown, Recording Arranger, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Carlos Lyra, ComposerLyricist - Geraldo Vandré, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Antonio Maria, Author - Luiz Bonfa, Composer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 Verve Label 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.
Don Sebesky, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Luiz Bonfa, ComposerLyricist - Kai Winding, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Dubey, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Luiz Bonfa, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Luiz Bonfa, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anthony Newley, ComposerLyricist - Leslie Bricusse, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Paul Weston, ComposerLyricist - Axel Stordahl, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Luiz Bonfa, ComposerLyricist - Maria Toledo, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ennio Morricone, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - ALAN BRANDT, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
For her second Verve LP, Astrud Gilberto expanded her range from a raft of Gilberto/Jobim standards to embrace the large and obviously daunting catalogue of classic American pop. With arrangements by Don Sebesky and Claus Ogerman (as well as two by country-mate João Donato), The Shadow of Your Smile can't help but shine a bright spotlight on Gilberto's weak voice, especially when she's singing material previously enlightened by singers with the weight of Frank Sinatra or Sarah Vaughan. Even the intimate, understated arrangements on songs like "Day by Day," the title track, and "Fly Me to the Moon" overshadow the chanteuse's limited range. Brazilian material like the five songs by Luiz Bonfá make for better listening, though the preponderance of flutes, strings, and muted trumpet in the arrangements is very mid-'60s, for better and worse. (And the notes' description of "O Ganso" as an "exercise in vocalise based on bah and dah sounds" is being more than generous.) Certainly, no American vocalist could hope to equal the tortured syntax and somehow endearing performances on these songs; still, Verve did much better by Gilberto later on when they gave her good-time Brazilian songs to sing and didn't attempt to force comparison with standard jazz/pop vocalists.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:25:19
- Main artists: Astrud Gilberto
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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