Forest Eyes is an album by Stan Getz, released in 1980. A lush tapestry of jazz that weaves together intricate melodies and rich harmonies across varied tempos and moods. The album received critical acclaim and is notable for its fusion of jazz with Brazilian rhythms, further solidifying Getz's role in popularizing bossa nova outside Brazil. Its influence can be seen in the works of later jazz musicians who sought to blend genres, and it has been praised for its artistry by several music publications. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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Disc 1

• 1 La fiesta Standout 8:26
• 2 Five Hundred Miles High Standout 8:12
• 3 Captain Marvel 5:09
• 4 Times Lie 9:49
• 5 Lush Life 4:16
• 6 Day Waves 9:44
• 7 Crystal Silence 7:48
• 8 Captain Marvel (alternate version) 5:19
• 9 Five Hundred Miles High (alternate version) 9:29

Disc 2

• 1 Double Rainbow 3:34
• 2 Aguas de março (Waters of March) Standout 4:42
• 3 Ligia 5:23
• 4 Falsa baiana 5:17
• 5 Retrato em branco e preto (Picture in Black and White) 4:05
• 6 Izaura (You Know I Just Shouldn’t Stay) 4:38
• 7 Eu vim da Bahia 3:54
• 8 João Marcello 3:26
• 9 É preciso perdoar 5:20
• 10 Just One of Those Things 3:06
• 11 Eu vim da Bahia (alternate take) 5:18
• 12 É preciso perdoar (alternate take) 5:19
• 13 Just One of Those Things (alternate take) 3:03

Disc 3

• 1 Summer Night 10:07
• 2 Ravenswood 10:59
• 3 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 9:31
• 4 Invitation 10:37

Disc 4

• 1 I’ll Never Be the Same 4:08
• 2 Lester Left Town 5:55
• 3 Body and Soul 5:53
• 4 What Am I Here For 4:58
• 5 Serenade to Sweden 5:40
• 6 The Chess Players 5:45
• 7 The Peacocks 5:44
• 8 My Buddy 4:29
• 9 The Hour of Parting 3:36
• 10 Rosemarie 2:55
• 11 This Is All I Ask 4:24
• 12 Skylark 4:03
• 13 Mosaic/Would You Like to Take a Walk 1:32

Disc 5

• 1 Pretty City 10:26
• 2 Keep Dreaming 7:54
• 3 Sabra 9:35
• 4 Anna 3:09
• 5 Another World 6:13
• 6 Sum Sum 7:08
• 7 Willow Weep for Me 11:21
• 8 Blue Serge 3:41
• 9 Brave Little Pernille 7:15
• 10 Club 7 and Other Wild Places 9:06

Disc 6

• 1 Don’t Cry for Me Argentina 4:30
• 2 Children of the World 5:34
• 3 Livin’ It Up 5:27
• 4 Street Tattoo 5:13
• 5 Hopscotch 3:21
• 6 On Rainy Afternoons 2:38
• 7 You, Me and the Spring 6:44
• 8 Summer Poem 8:20
• 9 Dreamer 5:45
• 10 Around the Day in Eighty Worlds 6:49

Disc 7

• 1 We Are Free 5:16
• 2 Tails, Part 1 & 2 5:58
• 3 Shades of Blue (main theme from the film Eek Pak Slaag) 3:17
• 4 Heron’s Flight 4:07
• 5 Forest Eyes 3:23
• 6 Drowsy 4:10
• 7 Silva 3:34
• 8 Little Lady 4:00
• 9 Eye of the Storm 2:53

Disc 8

• 1 Four Brothers 4:20
• 2 Early Autumn 3:51
• 3 Cousins 7:02
• 4 Blue Serge 4:16
• 5 Blue Getz Blues 3:48
• 6 Finale: Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) 10:34
• 7 Infant Eyes 11:25
• 8 Tin Tin Deo 8:56
• 9 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 11:41

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