Recorded in 1964 during two concerts at the venerable Greenwich Village venue, Cafe Au Go Go, two months after Astrud Gilberto’s “Girl from Ipanema” became a Top 5 pop single. The focus of these sets, however, moved away from the Brazilian flavored fare, bringing Gilberto into the realm of a decidedly more North American style. The band features a young Gary Burton (vibraphone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Gene Cherico (bass), and Joe Hunt (drums). There are a few personnel subsitituions, with Helcio Milito (drums) and Chuck Israels (bass), respectively, filling in. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
01. CORCOVADO (QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS)
02. IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
03. EU E VOCO
04. SUMMERTIME
05. 6-NIX-PIX-FLIX
06. ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART
07. THE SINGING SONG
08. THE TELEPHONE SONG
09. ONE NOTE SAMBA
10. HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY
