Beach Samba

by Astrud Gilberto

Overview

One of Gilberto's less impressive '60s Verve outings, primarily due to the more pop-oriented song selection. Much of this is just standard pleasant Gilberto: offhand vocals and a sumptuous Brazil pop-cum-U.S. orchestration feel (Ron Carter and Toots Thielemans are among the sidemen). And some of the pop choices work well, particularly Tim Hardin's gorgeous "Misty Roses." No vocals or arrangements, however, could save the criminally wrong-headed military march of "A Banda (Parade)," or the exasperatingly coochie-coochie duet between Gilberto and her six-year-old son on the Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice." Which makes it all the more surprising when the next and concluding track, "Nao Bate O Corocao," has Gilberto cutting loose with confident, sassy scats, as she rarely did before or since. The CD reissue improves matters by adding five bonus cuts from A Certain Smile a Certain Sadness, recorded in 1966 in more authentically bossa nova-style arrangements, anchored by organist Walter Wanderley. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2023
Label:	Universal
UPC:	4988031558126
Rank:	62963

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Astrud Gilberto   Primary Artist
Toots Thielemans   Guest Artist
Ron Carter   Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Irving Berlin   Composer
Gayle Caldwell   Composer
Deodato   Composer
Luiz Bonfa   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Tim Hardin   Composer
Tony Jaffe   Composer
Edu Lobo   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
John Sebastian   Composer
Pery Ribeiro   Composer
Marcos Valle   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Patti Jacob   Composer
Geraldo Cunha   Composer
Cesar Portillo De La Luz   Composer
Carlos Pingarilho   Composer
Eumir Deodato   Composer
Carlos Albert Pingarillo   Composer
Patty Jacob   Composer
Tony Hatch   Composer
Chico Buarque   Composer
Steve Boone   Composer
Paulo Sergio Valle   Composer
Bob Russell   Composer