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'''Getz Au Go Go'' is a live album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and his quartet, featuring bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto. It was recorded during two concerts in 1964 and released on Verve the same year as V6-8600.

Actually, it's not a live recording...
A point I haven't seen mention online is that this is a studio recording with overdubbed applause. Producer Phil Schapp explained this in a commentary published in 1989 in the Bossa Nova Years collection, below:
"I did not find much original tape for Getz Au Go Go, but I did unravel a mystery. Clearly something was up when Verve decided to follow up the triumph of 'The Girl from Ipanema' with a second recording of Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto.
Verve recorded her with Stan at the Cafe Au Go Go. They recorded her with Stan at the legendary Carnegie Hall Bossa Nova Concert. ''And'' they recorded the two using the very same songs in the studio!
The "post-production" decision was to use the studio material with phony applause, claiming it came from the live Au Go Go date...NOT SO. This set all but eliminates this gaffe.
Stan Getz appeareed with his new group at the Cafe Au Go Go in Greenwich Village during May 1964. The gig ran from May1-31, 1964. The recording was done on May 22, '64 ''not'' June '64 which has long been listed. AStrud Gilberto appeared with this unit for at least two weeks...On October 6, 1964 - and perhaps on other dates as well - Astrud Gildberto recorded with Stan Getz in the Studio, remaking the songs she had sung with Getz at the Au Go Go and would sing three days later with Getz at Carnegie Hall. The studio material and the Carnegie Hall recording are what have survived" - Phil Schaap, 'Technical and Discographical Comments,' published in booklet of complilation The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years.
To further confuse the issue, elsewhere in the booklet of the same collection is this note about Getz Au Go Go: "Live material recorded May 22, 1964 in New York. Astrud Gilberto's vocals recorded at later dates at Rudy Van Gelder's
(see Phil Schapp's commentary)."
[I suppose the "live material" in question is handclapping, and Getz and the band
were recorded alongside Astrud at the later dates at Rudy Van Gelder's...(by L Buckleyon;June 24,2003;Amazon)
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Tracklist:
01.Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)...(00:00)
02.It Might As Well Be Spring (R.Rodgers/O.Hammerstein II)...(02:45)
03.Eu E Voce (C.Lyra/V.de Moraes)...(07:14)
04.Summertime (G.Gershwin/I.Gershwin)...(09:48)
05.6-Nix-Pix-Flix (Gary Burton)...(18:00)
06.Only Trust Your Heart (B.Carter/S.Cahn)...(19:07)
07.The Singing Song (Gary Burton)...(23:49)
08.The Telephone Song (R.Menescal/R.Boscoli/N.Gimbel)...(27:35)
09.One Note Samba (A.C.Jobim/N.Mendonca)...(29:36)
10.Here's That Rainy Day (J.Van Heusen/J.Burke)...(32:53).
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Personnel:
1.Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
2.Astrud Gilberto – vocals
3.Kenny Burrell – guitar (tr.1–3,8)
4.Gene Cherico (tr.1–3,5–8); Chuck Israels (tr.4,9,10) – bass
5.Gary Burton – vibes
6.Joe Hunt (tr.4–7,9,10); Helcio Milito (tr1–3,8) – drums
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Genre:Jazz/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz
Recorded: 1964.
Label: Verve Records – V-8600
Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives
Producer - Creed Taylor
Liner Notes – Gene Lees
Engineer – Val Valentin.