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Antonio Carlos Jobim's Finest Hour is an excellent collection of jazz bossanova recordings by one of the leaders of the bossanova sound. Jobim's solo and accompaniment with vocalist Astrud Gilberto and legendary saxophonist, Stan Getz, offers a melodic and sensuous effect to his lush Brazilian sound. The cd's crispsness makes the recordings timeless, but not without a thought of 1960s cocktail sounding nostalgia (dependent on your age, these are tunes you heard your father play on the good ol' hi-fi system). The songs make you imagine you're on a beach with the palm trees gently swaying back and forth, or simply lounging on the patio listening to tracks, such as the all too familiar, "The Girl From Impanema," my favorite version of "Meditation," or the delicious hipster trappings of "Desfinado" with Getz's exceptional sax solo. Finest Hour will not disappoint those listeners looking for the quiet jazz sounds that whisper in your ear or simply let you relax. So, grab yourself a copy, and while you're at it, mix a cocktail or two and add one of those little umbrellas.

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Verve's "Finest Hour" collection of Nina Simone's work compiles 60 minutes of career highlights, including 'Wild Is the Wind', 'I Put a Spell on You', 'Four Women', 'I Loves You, Porgy', and 'My Baby Just Cares for Me'. Though it's by no means a definitive compilation of Simone's music, it does provide a welcome overview of her Verve years.

"Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw" is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw. This is his first "greatest hits" album. It contains songs from all his studio albums except Free (2009). It also includes the two new tracks "You Got Me" and "Fire".

Chuck Mangione - Chuck Mangione's Finest Hour (2000) is a compilation album that gathers some of the most popular and influential tracks from Chuck Mangione, an American jazz musician best known for his flugelhorn playing and his contributions to smooth jazz and pop music. Released in 2000, the album serves as a retrospective collection of Mangione's work, featuring a selection of his hits and signature tracks that span his career, highlighting his unique ability to blend jazz, pop, and easy listening styles.

Chuck Mangione - Chuck Mangione's Finest Hour (2000) is a compilation album that gathers some of the most popular and influential tracks from Chuck Mangione, an American jazz musician best known for his flugelhorn playing and his contributions to smooth jazz and pop music. Released in 2000, the album serves as a retrospective collection of Mangione's work, featuring a selection of his hits and signature tracks that span his career, highlighting his unique ability to blend jazz, pop, and easy listening styles.