Jazz Samba Encore! is a bossa nova

Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...

 album by Stan Getz

Stan Getz

Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...

 and Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Bonfá

Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...

, released on the Verve

Verve Records

Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...

 label. It is bossa nova in a slower groove. It contains a mix of Jobim standards as well as originals from Bonfá. Performers also include Antonio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...

 and vocalist Maria Toledo, Bonfá's wife. Some songs are more subdued in tone, while other performances, notably "O Morro Não Tem Vez", featuring a blistering solo from Getz, are louder and quite up beat.

Track listing

1. "Sambalero" (Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Bonfá
   Luiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 2:08
2. "Só Danço Samba (I Only Dance Samba)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Jobim
   Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
   
   /Vinicius de Moraes
   Vinicius de Moraes
   Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...
   
   ) – 3:36
3. "Insensatez (How Insensitive)" (Jobim/de Moraes) – 3:21
4. "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Jobim/de Moraes) – 6:53
5. "Samba de Duas Notas (Two Note Samba)" (Luiz Bonfá) – 4:18 (reference to Jobim's "One Note Samba")
6. "Menina Flor" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 4:08
7. "Mania De Maria" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 2:43
8. "Saudade Vem Correndo" (Bonfá/Maria Toledo) – 3:39
9. "Um Abracao No Getz (A Tribute to Getz)" (Bonfá) - 4:23
10. "Ebony Samba - Second Version" (Bonfá) - 4:33
11. "Ebony Samba - First Version" (Bonfá) - 3:48 *

• (bonus CD track)