33. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)

1. Desafinado
2. Samba Dees Days
3. O Pato
4. Samba Triste
5. Samba De Uma Nota Só
6. É Luxo Só
7. Bahia

It's bossa nova time! I reviewed this at the right time, as this album is ideal for a lazy summer day. So ideal, in fact, that I almost feel asleep. It's not exactly the liveliest of albums. It's about as laid back as an album can get, even smoother than Birth of the Cool, for crying out loud! I didn't even think that was possible!

This album, particularly the lead single 'Desafinado', did much to popularize bossa nova in the US. Finally, socialites in tweed jackets had music to play in their horrendously decorated lounges. The thing is, this album was performed by white people, so it's not really straight from the soul of Brazil. It was probably filtered for mainstream consumption as so many things were in that era, and the result is an album that largely goes in one ear and out the other. It's nice and breezy, at the very least. 6/10