Getz Au Go Go was recorded in 1964 during two concerts at the venerable Greenwich Village venue Café Au Go Go two months after Astrud Gilberto's "Girl from Ipanema" became a Top 5 pop single. The focus of these sets, however, moved away from the Brazilian flavored fare, bringing Gilberto into the realm of a decidedly more North American style. The band features a young Gary Burton (vibraphone), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Gene Cherico (bass), and Joe Hunt (drums). There are a few personnel substitutions, with Hélcio Milito (drums) and Chuck Israels (bass), respectively, filling in.
Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.