CD-Charts Position 51
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Broken Wing

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Chet Baker

Release Date February 15, 2001
A very good recording from December 1978, further proof that Baker hadn't lost it (in fact, he would continue to record some of his best albums in the years after this).

The interplay with Phil Markowitz on piano and Jean-François Jenny-Clark on bass is wonderful; Richie Beirach's "Broken Wing" and Wayne Shorter's "Brown Eyes" have rarely ever been played more beautifully.

Re-released in the very competitively priced "Jazz in Paris" series, this is more than well worth its money.

CD-Charts Position 52
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The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Various Artists

Release Date July 11, 1995
This album is the quintessential dinner jazz album. Forget all those lame Best of Jazz compilations. Jobim's original Bossa Nova tracks are the only option for the smoothest, most elegant and sensual songs that everyone in the room can kick back to.

CD-Charts Position 53
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Meets the Rhythm Section

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Art Pepper

Release Date February 18, 2008
This was the first Art Pepper record I ever bought, and to my ears it remains the best. Whether the legend surrounding the circumstances in which this recording was made is completely true I dont know, but if Art was in poor shape, and the session was not well prepared, there is no evidence here to suggest that there was anything amiss. Art Pepper was not my favourite alto player but this record helped in no small way by the Miles Davis rhythm section demands to be in the very top rank of jazz recordings

CD-Charts Position 54
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Lotta Sax Appeal: a Saxophone Retrospective from Classic Jazz to Cool - 74 Classic Saxophone Tracks

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Various Artists

Release Date July 21, 2003
This was the first Art Pepper record I ever bought, and to my ears it remains the best. Whether the legend surrounding the circumstances in which this recording was made is completely true I dont know, but if Art was in poor shape, and the session was not well prepared, there is no evidence here to suggest that there was anything amiss. Art Pepper was not my favourite alto player but this record helped in no small way by the Miles Davis rhythm section demands to be in the very top rank of jazz recordings

CD-Charts Position 55
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Jazz Samba: Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Stan Getz

Release Date May 25, 1999
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 56
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Complete Studio Recordings

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Gerry Mulligan

Release Date December 05, 2005
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 57
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The Very Best Of Stan Getz

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Stan Getz

Release Date March 25, 2002
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 58
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Intuition: 4cd Set

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Lennie Tristano

Release Date October 20, 2003
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 59
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The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Various Artists

Release Date July 31, 2006
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 60
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Original Mulligan Quartet: With Chet Baker

CD-Charts > Music > Cool and West Coast
by: Gerry Mulligan Quartet

Release Date July 20, 1998
Jazz Samba is the first, but now possibly least famous, of the works by the famous samba populist and saxophonist, Stan Getz. Here he collaborates with the guitarist Charlie Byrd to produce, in my opinion, his finest Samba album.

Unlike the later Getz/Gilberto, Getz/Byrd has no vocal content and relies on swinging samba melodies and dexterous interplay between these masters of jazz sax and guitar. In tempo, it ranges from the boisterous E Luxo So, through the never-bettered Desafinado to the melancholic and beautiful Samba Triste.

Getz's samba does not engage the listener like other jazz forms. Its Brazilian rhythms fade naturally into the background, making it ideal for sophisticated party music. Given the right conditions ... Read More: