Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz,
New York City, c. 1949.

Courtesy of Herman Leonard Photography, LLC.

 

“Desafinado”

Stan Getz

1962

At a time when rock dominated the pop charts, Stan Getz brought this evocative blend of cool jazz and the Brazilian samba to popular attention. “Desafinado” was written by the great Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim.