MOG Editorial Review

In addition to making bossa nova the bee's knees in the '60s, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto fused their effortless technical prowess to make one of the most proficient, chilled-out albums ever. "The Girl From Ipanema," sung softly by Gilberto's wife, Astrud, might be album's notorious hit, but "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars," which also finds her on vocals, is full of the the dreamy, romantic sentiments that draw people to jazz samba. Elsewhere, "Desafinado" find Getz, Gilberto, and Antonio Carlos Jobim combining to capture the graceful elements of bossa nova with ease, capturing the warm attitude and slight, rhythmic touches that draw people to bossa nova's definitive record again and again.