Fact #104368
When:
Short story:
At the invitation of virtuoso jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz and record producer Creed Taylor arrive in Washington DC, USA, and record the album Jazz Samba (including the major hit Desafinado) for Verve Records in a building adjacent to All Souls Unitarian Church chosen for its excellent acoustics.
Full article:
Creed Taylor (producer) : On the morning of February 13, 1962, Stan and I boarded the shuttle from LaGuardia, NY to Washington, DC, USA.
Upon arriving, we headed for The All Souls Unitarian Church, where we quickly set up to record on a seven and a half ips portable Ampex Tape Recorder. A couple of days before, Byrd had played these new Brazilian songs on the phone for Stan and myself.
Stan had never seen, nor rehearsed, this material. Stan did roughly one run-through for each of the songs (Byrd's group was rehearsed). At that point, Jobim and Stan had yet to meet.
The only thing that was 'slightly out-of-tune,' was the title of the song Desafinado, which was soon to become a major world hit! Loosely translated, 'desafinado' means 'slightly out-of-tune.
(Source : unknown)
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Upon arriving, we headed for The All Souls Unitarian Church, where we quickly set up to record on a seven and a half ips portable Ampex Tape Recorder. A couple of days before, Byrd had played these new Brazilian songs on the phone for Stan and myself.
Stan had never seen, nor rehearsed, this material. Stan did roughly one run-through for each of the songs (Byrd's group was rehearsed). At that point, Jobim and Stan had yet to meet.
The only thing that was 'slightly out-of-tune,' was the title of the song Desafinado, which was soon to become a major world hit! Loosely translated, 'desafinado' means 'slightly out-of-tune.
(Source : unknown)