The Best of Two Worlds (1975)

About this title: This 1976 album by the late saxophonist Stan Getz is a reunion of sorts with Joao Gilberto, the great Brazilian guitarist and singer, and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (or Tom Jobim), along with the stylish and nonintrusive arrangements of Oscar Carlos Neves. The trio changed the world in the early 1960s with its Getz/Gilberto albums. With Neves, they almost did it again, but with all of the crap falling down around them in the musical climate of the mid-'70s -- fusion, disco, overblown rock, and the serious decline of jazz -- this disc was criminally overlooked at the time. Joining these ... read more

Tracks:

1. Double Rainbow [Jobim/Lees]
2. Aguas de Março (Waters of March) [Jobim]
3. Ligia [Jobim]
4. Falsa Bahiana [Pereira]
5. Retrato en Branco e Prieto (Picture in Black and White) [Buarque/Jobim]
6. Izaura (You Know I Just Shouldn't Stay) [Martins/Roberti]
7. Eu Vim da Bahia [Gil]
8. Joao Marcello [Gilberto]
9. É Preciso Perdoar [Costa/Luz]
10. Just One of Those Things [Porter]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.