Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Desafinado

[praguebob]

I have been listening to this album regularly since the summer I was nine (1965, so almost forty-seven years now) and I never get tired of it. In fact it sparked a life-long interest in jazz, which has included college courses in the history of jazz and these days the extensive set of jazz artists on my Last.fm jazz tag: last.fm/user/PragueBob/library­/tags?tag=jazz&view=cloud

[trellis2]

Norm Nite classified this song as a Bossanova, but it is really a Somba as you state. Thanks so much for posting, I've tried to find it and the name for several years.

[bbkradwell]

Two Masters at the top of their game---

[nathanalexander28]

i think charlie byrds solo serves its purpose....

you really think he would try n 'show up' stan?

chill song, with a chill solo..

even if he does use the blues scale a lot :P

[Happysundaze]

Always feels like summer's arrived when you hear this tune. Getz was truly a great interpreter of bossa nova and one of the main reasons I discovered Brasil's rich musical heritage.

[artwitstick]

I almost wore the grooves through on this album. Thank you Brazil for Jobim and Bossa Nova etc. etc.

[MamaK893]

It was recorded at All Soul's Unitarian Church, Washington, DC

[teggwestbrook]

I always come on youtube to look for new compilations of sounds. I never know what I look for, but this is very very close

[47toms47]

formidavel nota 10 mil.produtor brasil. rita suissa

[gg59o]

Cette intro à la basse, c'est vraiment une tuerie ..... Sans parler du reste

[rpmhart]

to saxylarry26: it's just you. Getz was introduced to Brazilian music by Byrd and loved his playing...solo and supporting...otherwise he wouldn't have played and recorded with him so often. But I believe there's also interviews with him commenting on Byrd; haven't read those in years, though.

[saxylarry26]

Is it me, or did Charlie Byrd get lost, and humiliate himself for all eternity.

[xcstar1753]

@saxylarry26 Ya Troll

[kaferere]

@saxylarry26 Exactly what I was just about to say! That was a truly horrible mess. The feel is good but no-one seems to know where they are after the initial head of the song. There's always the possibility that it is the ultimate pun and that it really is out of tune!

[gg59o]

Wonderful !! With 10 min of intro, it would be perfect.The bass and the drum , tremendous!

[meddavisn]

what's with the fade out at the end? is that how it was on the original recordings?

[jimaroo100]

I have always loved Stan Getz.... I think Charlie Byrd is often an overlooked treasure. He didn't tour much and didn't have a lot of recordings but i will listen to his guitar work any time. Thanks for posting

[spiffydude16]

What amazes me is some peoples' quickness to judge others.

[djroebuck]

I like everything but the super blues-scale guitar solo.

[Krzyszczynski]

@Thekingofpop1958 : maybe it's one of the women SG used and abused.

[elementChaosu]

@Thekingofpop1958

.. said king of pop.. ( :

propably one deaf person

[poikaa3]

Nice!

[jazzliscious13]

It never ceases to amaze me that YouTube brings out the low-brow in all of us. This, the finest in sophisticated upper-class music with the lowest class of human embarrassment chiming in with the ultimate low-class commentary. It simply belies the utter class and sophistication of this tune. Thank GOD in the early '60s such low-brow was the exception, not the rule.

Beside the trailer-park commentary, this is some of the finest music to ever emanate from these United States.

[sitarnut]

@jazzliscious13 Too True brother! It's called "Pearls before swine".....

[lovehamsters14]

love this song!

[pattigeeful]

Fersomling:  Why would you take my comment personally? Hmmmm? Have a nice day.

[krazzyyo2]

a taste of honey..herb and tijuana boss..thats a hot one

[OldLeftie]

@krazzyyo2 the one with the tijuana brass is pretty good too

[bgack]

Two thumbs way up. Man that sax is smooth.

[ctaesque]

Wow, amazing how you can hear a song and instantly be flooded with memories. My mother would play this record and practice her dance steps during the bossa-nova craze of the early 1960s. My God, what a great old song....I miss music like this and I miss my mom.

[kovacstimi83]

Send "Satin Doll" Ringtones to Cell Cigarette holder which wigs me over her shoulder, she digs me. Out cattin' that satin doll. Baby, shall we go out skippin ? Careful, amigo, you're flippin', speaks Latin that satin doll. She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be. I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me, swich-e-rooney. Telephone numbers well you know, doing my rhumbas with uno and that'n my satin doll.

[elementChaosu]

@kovacstimi83

ha há, nice 

[Musicallizard86]

why cant u people just listen to the music that is all that needs to b said

[pattigeeful]

Too many gonks with too much time on their hands making too many gonk comments!

[Fersomling]

@pattigeeful : Kiss my ass.

[756saxplayer]

I had the pleasure of making glorious love to a girl with this song. It is so sexy! Well written piece!

[ssuperawesome]

hahahahahahaha no you didnt....

[argaretbea]

I had the pleasure of seeing Stan Getz live in Manchester, UK in the fifties, on the same bill as Ella Fitzgerald which I've always considered a unique privilege. Class acts, the pair of them.

[imajeepster]

@argaretbea

lucky fink.

[AcGipsy]

I feel like drinking coffee when hearing this :P

[discworldhero]

unreal

[58great]

so smooth.... like covering the loved one... in ice cream... and then taking all the time in the world to lick it off :-)

[FleeceLiner]

@58great You must be one of those people who use the term "Smoooooooooooooth Jazz...."

Fuck you, sir.

[VivaLaTrumpet]

@FleeceLiner lol!

[nyterpfan]

@58great Man you are sooo right---this song was created with timeless lovemaking in mind!!

[SoulbassJr]

this is not the point of this song imho.its the harmony that floats.not your girl's ass

[mainman2999]

@SoulbassJr my girls ass floats , quite nicely too !!

[SoulbassJr]

well this is something bigger than your girls ass.its JAZZ fool !!!

[mainman2999]

@SoulbassJr I know its JAZZ fool, but you have not seen the size of my girls booty, now THATS big, real big, its not a booty call, its a booty SHOUT. BAMM there it is.

[OldLeftie]

@mainman2999 anyone can have a girl with a booty the size of yours, as long as she doesn't spring a leak if you pump that much air in her....

[stevetadworkz]

@58great This is the greatest YT comment I've seen to date. Salutations!