Track Listing
1. Stay
2. Misty Roses
3. Face I Love, The
4. Banda, A (Parade)
5. Oba, Oba
6. Canoeiro
7. I Had the Craziest Dream
8. Bossa Na Praia (Beach Samba)
9. My Foolish Heart
10. Dia das Rosas (I Think of You)
11. You Didn't Have to Be So Nice
12. Nao Bate O Corocao
13. Goodbye Sadness - (bonus track)
14. Call Me - (bonus track)
15. Here's That Rainy Day - (bonus track)
16. Tu Meu Delirio - (bonus track)
17. It's a Lovely Day - (bonus track)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 44 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Ron Carter, Toots Thielemans | | Producer: | Creed Taylor | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Astrud Gilberto (vocals); Barry Galbraith, Marcos Valle (guitars); Arnold Eidus, Gene Orloff (violin); Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler (viola); Seymour Barab, Maurice Bialkin (cello); Phil Bodner, Bill Hammond (woodwinds); Bernie Glow, James Nottingham (trumpet); Wayne Andre, Warren Covington (trombone); Ray Alonge, James Buffington (French horn); John Barber (tuba); George Devens (vibraphone); Benny Aronov (piano, harpsichord); Warren Bernhardt (piano); Jule Ruggiro (bass); Grady Tate (drums).
Additional personnel: Walter Wanderley Trio.
Recorded in New York between September 20, 1966 and June 30, 1967. Includes liner notes by Stan Levine and Neil Tesser.
Bonus tracks 13-17 originally released on the Verve LP A CERTAIN SMILE A CERTAIN SADNESS (V6-8673).
Originally released in 1967, Astrud Gilberto's BEACH SAMBA is one of the Brazilian songstress' classic albums. The bossa nova craze--ignited in 1963, by Gilberto herself, with her lovely, artless vocal on Stan Getz's "The Girl from Ipanema"--was winding down. The album sees Gilberto stretching beyond her usual collection of bossa novas and sambas, though the title track and "Nao Bate O Corocao" are two of her best, into relaxed, swinging versions of such pop standards as "Misty Roses" and "My Foolish Heart."
Perhaps the oddest inclusion is a cover of The Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice," sung by Gilberto as a duet with her eight-year-old son, which is better than you might expect. Like the album as a whole, it's perfectly charming and delightful. Peculiarly, the CD ends with five tracks from Gilberto's classic 1966 album with the Walter Wanderley Trio, A CERTAIN SMILE, A CERTAIN SADNESS.
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