Voyage (Stan Getz album) also commented "Stan Getz found a perfect accompanist in pianist Kenny Barron". Voyage is a cosmic musical event that reveals the inside of Getz's unique tone and endless melodic ideas. The audio engineer seems to have understood the intimate nature of Getz's soul and recorded him probably as well as he was ever recorded. This feels like you're taking a ride inside his tenor sax, from deep and reedy low notes to those shocking, brilliant announcements where he slyly shouts, "Here's something you need to hear." Young tenor players who want some insight on tone need only listen to Stan's
Getz/Gilberto his friend and neighbor Stan Getz. Getz was excited about the sound of bossa nova, and released two records: "Jazz Samba" and "Big Band Bossa Nova", both in 1962. Bossa nova became so popular that the title "Big Band Bossa Nova" was also used for three other 1962 albums: by Quincy Jones, Oscar Castro-Neves and Enoch Light. "Jazz Samba", featuring Charlie Byrd, quickly sold a million copies and received positive reviews in United States. However, the record labels' rush to exploit the new Brazilian sound led to musicians introducing serious errors in melody and harmony in the music. For example,