Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba

Title: Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, World, Bossa Nova, Philadelphia / Washington, D.C.
Matrix #: V6-8432
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great (CC)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Byrd came back from military service and serious classical study trying to force Brazilian music into a U.S. jazz world that barely understood it.
2. Scene Ecology This record helped crack bossa nova wide open in America before the style became lounge wallpaper.
3. Studio Lore Cut with Byrd's trio, not a big band, which gave Getz room to glide and made the record feel intimate instead of flashy.

9/27/24 EK 4/25/2026 CC