Getz/Gilberto was released on Verve Records in 1964

Verve Records released Getz/Gilberto in 1964, and it’s the album that put bossa nova on the global map. Stan Getz’s lyrical saxophone paired with João Gilberto’s gentle guitar and Astrud Gilberto’s whispery vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema” created a sound that felt like a vacation in vinyl form — it won Album of the Year at the Grammys, and deservedly so.