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I am currently in a Stan Getz fever and trying to purchase some Cds I do not have... by the way it would be magnificent Mosaic to compile a Getz Complete at Verve box... So, for now here they are: 1. "Stan Getz plays": -there is a CD issued in 1988 (cheaply available in Europe) with 5 bonus tracks. http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...amp;rsk=hitlist -then there is a japanese SACD (hybrid) issued in 2004 available from japan for 3200 yen and from USA for $57; this one has the original 11 tracks -then there is another one from japan issued in 2007 (SHM-CD) approx for $41 and finally various japanese releases which are not available at the stores I looked. If the first release was more recent I would not hesitate. But now I cannot decide; I would spend to get a recent release as above if it offered better sound. Could you please assist me? 2. "Sweet Rain" -there is a japanese reissue available -and it seems that in June will be released internationally by Verve as Remastered (perhaps part of the recent Originals series): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...ER&v=glance In this case I should wait for the seond CD to be issued. Best wishes Alex

Getz/Gilberto was 1964. Bit hard to start a craze two years after. MG To start off with, I don't think it makes a lot of difference to the enjoyment of the music, when exactly it started off and who deserves the credit for having it started. But I thought it important to add a Brazilian perspective to the discussion. I live currently in Rio de Janeiro (Ipanema, to be precise), and this is the year when the 50th birthday of bossa nova is celebrated. That puts the birthday into the year 1958. In that year Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes teamed up for the first time and produced the 13-track album "Canção do Amor Demais". The album was released under the name of Elizeth Cardoso, who sang all the songs. Later, in August of the same year, Jõao Gilberto released a single record of "Chega de Saudade" one of the songs on the aformentioned album. (The B side was "Bim Bom," a composition by João himself.) His his style of singing, which sounded more like melodic speaking, and the way he accompanied himself on the guitar are the reasons why this recording of "Chega de Saudade" is generally considered as the first bossa nova record. But I notice that the original poster didn't talk about the start of bossa nova but about what kicked off the bossa nova craze. Obviously, before you can get crazy about something, that something has to exist. How long does it take for a new thing to turn into a craze? Your guess is as good as mine. But for me the Getz/Gilberto album is a more valid candidate because it includes some of the original players. Gato Since I adore these Getz bossa-nova albums, I desperately wanted to find these legendary first 3 LPs by Joao Gilberto that started it all: "Chega De Saudade" (59), "O Amor, O Sorriso E A Flor" (60) and "Joao Gilberto" (61). They had been reissued in 1990 one one CD with 38 tracks called "LEGENDARY JOAO GILBERTO" (World Pacific CDP-793891-2). It is out of print and reprinted in Korea two years ago. I think is this one also deleted by now. Then after some searching in the web, I noticed that Joao Gilberto sued EMI for issuing this CD without his permission, without paying him. He also accused EMI for bad remastering (I have no problem and I treasure this CD ). All this is metnioned in a series of postings as per the link http://tinyurl.com/4rdlj4 . The main messages are in portuguese and I cannot totally understand them. If Gato could be of help I would be grateful. Moreover, the Laurindo Almeida Braziliance records (I think there are two) are also very good although are more jazz-ish than boss nova. I also read (I think in the Mosaic Gillespie box or in Gillespie's recent biography) that Lalo Shifrin's "The New Continent" suite composed for Dizzy Gillespie and performed in Monterey in September 1962 could have been the initiator of the bossa nova craze but was not then timely released on record. It was released by UA some years later. Check the following for this LP: http://orgyinrhythm.blogspot.com/2008/01/d...-continent.html Best, Alex

I think I grabbed the last copies each of the K2's of MM and TM&JC from Newbury Comics, and I have to agree with Chuck: these mono mixes sound unbelievably good. So much presence without being overwhelming. Hawk's solo on "Ruby My Dear" sounds so tender, where the stereo version I've heard sounds cold and brittle. Glad I waited for these. I did purchase the twofer with these recordings after having just an LP version from the 80s. I liked it. But after reading all these comments and due to the unavailabiliy of the US K2 versions, I would like to ask you if the japanese mini LP K2 issues from 2006 (the ones with the yellow and black obi; http://tiny.cc/BWtPp ) are the same as the US K2 ones. Many thanks! Alex

Hello to all from Greece. It is my first post to this magnificent forum and I thank you so much for these great discussions. Regarding, H. Merrill I highly treasure a 4-CD box with her complete Mercury/Emarcy recordings. Especially these sessionswith Gil Evans. Best, Alex Athens