Home / Music / Getz/Gilberto brought bossa nova to the world and won Album of the YearMusic linernotes album music stan-getz-and-joão-gilbertoGetz/Gilberto brought bossa nova to the world and won Album of the YearThe album popularized bossa nova internationally and won Album of the Year at the 1965 Grammys. It’s how most people first heard “The Girl from Ipanema.” Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesGetz/Gilberto was released on Verve Records in 1964'The Girl from Ipanema' is one of the most recorded songs in history.Getz/Gilberto paired an American saxophonist with Brazilian musiciansRobert Plant said Pentangle's album influenced Led Zeppelin's debutThe Charles Lloyd Quartet brought acoustic jazz to the Fillmore and won over the psychedelic crowdExploreBeethoven's First Symphony nods to Haydn and Mozart but the sforzandi are all his ownBlonde stretches Frank Ocean far beyond Channel Orange's R&B frameworkCrescent is Coltrane at his most melodic — a calm before the free-jazz stormDreamweave finds Pauline Oliveros embracing structure without losing the droneFor the Roses is Joni Mitchell's bridge from folk confession to jazz sophisticationPrevious Getz/Gilberto paired an American saxophonist with Brazilian musiciansNext Creed Taylor produced The Astrud Gilberto Album