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A 12-cut "very best of" Stan Getz? If it's on Verve it can come close, at least in the era of post-consumerism. What this collection does very successfully is mark the great saxophonist's most pronounced periods, from West Coast and bebop to hard bop, from bossa nova to balladeer to his final period with the great pianist Kenny Barron. Sure, "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Desafinado" are here but, more importantly perhaps, so are his deeply moving version of Billy Strayhorn's "Blood Count," recorded when he knew he was dying of cancer (Strayhorn wrote the tune for the same reason), his stomping bop version of Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," and the very late whispering version of Mal Waldron's "Soul Eyes." This is a beautiful little collection that would be a fine introduction to Getz as a jazz master and not just a bossa nova innovator.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Frank Isola, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Crow, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Raney, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duke Jordan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, Composer - RAY BROWN, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, Author - Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Roach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Conte Candoli, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Shelly Manne, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Levy, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Vinnegar, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BROOKS BOWMAN, ComposerLyricist - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1955 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Connie Kay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - RAY BROWN, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - J.J. Johnson, Trombone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Ellis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Peterson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Granz, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Victor Feldman, ComposerLyricist - Stan Getz, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gerald Tarack, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Carr, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Haynes, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jacob Glick, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Hershy Kay, Conductor - Eddie Sauter, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Ernest Sauter, ComposerLyricist - John Neves, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Bruce Rogers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Martin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
António Carlos Jobim, ComposerLyricist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - NEWTON MENDONCA, ComposerLyricist - Bill Reichenbach, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Byrd, MainArtist - Buddy Deppenschmidt, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Byrd, Double Bass, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keter Betts, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Vinicius De Moraes, ComposerLyricist - António Carlos Jobim, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joao Gilberto, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Williams, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Milton Banana, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Val Valentin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist - Rufus Reid, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Producer, Co-Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Barron, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - VICTOR LEWIS, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnnie Hjerting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Philippe Allard, Producer, Executive Producer - Ib Skovgaard, Producer
℗ 1989 Decca Records France
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Barron, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Mercury Music Group
Rufus Reid, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, Producer, Co-Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Barron, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - VICTOR LEWIS, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mal Waldron, ComposerLyricist - Johnnie Hjerting, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Philippe Allard, Producer, Executive Producer - Ib Skovgaard, Producer
℗ 1992 Decca Records France
Album review
A 12-cut "very best of" Stan Getz? If it's on Verve it can come close, at least in the era of post-consumerism. What this collection does very successfully is mark the great saxophonist's most pronounced periods, from West Coast and bebop to hard bop, from bossa nova to balladeer to his final period with the great pianist Kenny Barron. Sure, "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Desafinado" are here but, more importantly perhaps, so are his deeply moving version of Billy Strayhorn's "Blood Count," recorded when he knew he was dying of cancer (Strayhorn wrote the tune for the same reason), his stomping bop version of Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," and the very late whispering version of Mal Waldron's "Soul Eyes." This is a beautiful little collection that would be a fine introduction to Getz as a jazz master and not just a bossa nova innovator.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:24
- Main artists: Stan Getz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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