A Bossa Nova Christmas with Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz

 

 

This video combines two of my favorite things: Christmas and Bossa Nova! And Astrud Gilberto! And Stan Getz! It’s from a 1964 movie I had never even heard of, ‘Get Yourself a College Girl’, described as a ‘beach party style movie’. So why it’s snowing outside (while the women inside are wearing flimsy tops and hotpants) and there are Christmas trees everywhere, is a mystery to me and I probably will not find out soon, because this movie is only available for big bucks on an imported region 1 DVD. Here is the trailer.

It seems this was the first time Astrud Gilberto performed the super famous song The Girl from Ipanema, written and first recorded a few years earlier by Pery Ribeiro. Still one of the greatest songs ever. (PB)

12 december 2019 — Christmas, Music

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