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On João Gilberto's gentle genius, the real girl from Ipanema, and the best music genre to ever emerge from a bathroom

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Oct 20, 2025
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This weekend, Pitchfork published just a hair under 3,000 words I wrote about the 1964 collaborative album between Stan Getz and João Gilberto, Getz/ Gilberto. Enjoy the Sunday Review of the album.

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