Artist: Stan Getz
Album: Stan Getz plays
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, West Coast
Item Number: 833 535-2 (MONO)
Brand/Label: VERVE
Recorded: 1953
Release Date: 1988
Tracklisting
01. Stella By Starlight
02. Time On My Hands
03. ’tis Autumn
04. The Way You Look Tonight
05. Lover Come Back To Me
06. Body And Soul
07. Stars Fell On Alabama
08. You Turned The Tables On Me
09. Thanks For The Memory
10. Hymn Of The Orient
11. These Foolish Things
12. How Deep Is The Ocean
13. Nobody Else But Me
14. Down By The Sycamore Tree
15. I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
16. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair
Total Time: 50:42
Musicians:
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone)
Jimmy Raney (guitar)
Duke Jordan (piano)
Bill Crow (bass)
Frank Isola (drums)
Composed by Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields
Review by Thierry Quenum
This version of the standard is close to ideal, from its contrapuntal opening by Getz and Raney to the melodic and rhythmic fluidity of the up-tempo sax solo, incisively punctuated by Jordan’s piano. Getz is obviously the main focus, but his improvisation is totally devoted to enhancing the song’s natural beauty. So much so that his highly inventive embroideries on the chord pattern sound like natural extensions of the original melody. “The Sound,” indeed, but the ideas, too.
Review by Scott Yanow “AMG”
Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is in excellent form playing with one of his finest groups, a quintet with guitarist Jimmy Raney and pianist Duke Jordan. Although the music does not quite reach the excitement level of the Getz-Raney Storyville session, this music (particularly the ballads) really shows off the tenor’s appealing tone. This CD is rounded out by four titles that Getz cut with a quartet in 1954 that co-starred pianist Jimmy Rowles.
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