An Evening of Stan Getz / João Gilberto

A tribute evening devoted to the music of saxophonist Stan Getz and singer-guitarist João Gilberto, whose 1964 bossa nova collaboration reached audiences far beyond Brazil and the United States.

Stan Getz was an American tenor saxophonist associated with the cool jazz style of the 1950s, and João Gilberto was a Brazilian singer and guitarist who helped shape bossa nova in the late 1950s. Their collaboration produced the album Getz/Gilberto, released in 1964, which introduced bossa nova to a wide international audience. Its track The Girl from Ipanema, composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, became one of the most widely heard songs of its period.

This evening is a tribute programme built around the music of that partnership. The performers are not Getz or Gilberto, and the programme draws on the bossa nova and jazz repertoire the two artists recorded together, presented as a homage to their work.

Colour Factory is a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. The evening is aimed at listeners who follow bossa nova and jazz, and at those who want to hear this repertoire performed live in London.