Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova/Jazz Meets the Folk Song (2001)

About this title: Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was exploring the bossa nova in some of his most successful releases when the Paul Winter Sextet recorded the bossa nova date in this compilation. Getz was a seasoned veteran with an identifiable, fully developed sound. Winter's group was an assemblage of leading college musicians from the Chicago area. On this 1962 date, the difference in experience shows in the sextet's tidy, proficient, often faceless performances. While the early Winter sextet was searching for a personality, the band did have distinctive voices in the warm, fluid piano of Warren Bernhardt and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Journey to Recife [Evans]
2. Con Alma [Gillespie]
3. The Spell of the Samba [Caymmi]
4. Maria Nobody [Lyra]
5. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade) [Cavanaugh/DeMoraes/]
6. Foolish One [Jobim/Moraes]
7. Little Boat [Menescal/Boscoli]
8. Longing for Bahia [Caymmi]
9. Don't Play Games with Me [Pereira]
10. Song of the Sad Eyes [Madi]
11. Adeus, Passaro Preto (Bye, Bye Blackbird) [Dixon/Henderson]
12. Only You and I [Lyra/Moraes]
13. Blue Mountain [McBee]
14. Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) [Segal/Danzig]
15. Guantanamera [Marti]
16. Greenwood Side
17. Lass From the Low Countrie
18. Aruanda [Lyra/Vandre]
19. Repeat [Zeitlin]
20. Waltzing Matilda [Paterson/Cowan]
21. The Legend of Lord Thomas [Scott]
22. John Henry [Traditional]
23. We Shall Overcome [Horton/Hamilton/Car]
24. Gotta Travel On [Clayton]

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