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Though in 1963 some purists considered Reflections to be certain evidence that Stan Getz had sold out and abandoned "real jazz" completely, the album is actually, while perhaps not a masterpiece, an artful and intriguing sidebar to the tenor saxophonist's now celebrated bossa nova period. Getz was always a sublimely smooth and lyrical player who had already recorded in an orchestral setting on the groundbreaking Focus, and had a number one pop hit with Jazz Samba. It was only natural, then, that he would want to combine the two concepts. Although Reflections does at times bear the slight stench of easy listening (sweeping strings, a Lawrence Welk-like vocal chorus), it's definitely not elevator music. Getz is in as fine form as ever, and the restrictive pop-based song structures challenge him to use his creative faculties in interesting ways. It's a true master musician who can make Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" swing without descending into schmaltzy Trini Lopez territory or losing any of the tune's original melancholic urgency. There are a few tracks, of course, where Getz jumps back into a more straight-ahead and cool jazz bag. The Lalo Schifrin tune "Nitetime Street" features an appropriately bluesy and brooding guitar solo from Kenny Burrell, and Getz's take on "Love" is a wild Latin romp that matches the vitality of anything on his Gilberto/Jobim collaborations. A highly underrated and oft-ignored album, Reflections should be re-evaluated and viewed not as an acceptance of crass commercialism, but as a daring and brilliant artist's attempt to find pure music by blurring the boundaries between jazz and pop.
© Pemberton Roach /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Karl Suessdorf, Composer - John Blackburn, Producer - Stan Getz, MainArtist
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Producer - Stan Getz, MainArtist
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Hugh Martin, Composer, Producer - Ralph Blane, Composer, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Alan Glover, Composer, Producer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Lalo Schifrin, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Tra Ditional, Producer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Harold Arlen, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Truman Capote, Producer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Johnny Mercer, Producer - Henry Mancini, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Ralph Burns, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Woody Herman, Composer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Will Jason, Composer, Producer - Val Burton, Composer, Producer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Fran Landesman, Producer - Tommy Wolf, Composer - Stan Getz, MainArtist
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Lalo Schifrin, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Seymour Shifrin, Composer - Tra Ditional, Producer
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Bob Dylan, Composer, Producer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz, MainArtist
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
Albumbeschreibung
Though in 1963 some purists considered Reflections to be certain evidence that Stan Getz had sold out and abandoned "real jazz" completely, the album is actually, while perhaps not a masterpiece, an artful and intriguing sidebar to the tenor saxophonist's now celebrated bossa nova period. Getz was always a sublimely smooth and lyrical player who had already recorded in an orchestral setting on the groundbreaking Focus, and had a number one pop hit with Jazz Samba. It was only natural, then, that he would want to combine the two concepts. Although Reflections does at times bear the slight stench of easy listening (sweeping strings, a Lawrence Welk-like vocal chorus), it's definitely not elevator music. Getz is in as fine form as ever, and the restrictive pop-based song structures challenge him to use his creative faculties in interesting ways. It's a true master musician who can make Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" swing without descending into schmaltzy Trini Lopez territory or losing any of the tune's original melancholic urgency. There are a few tracks, of course, where Getz jumps back into a more straight-ahead and cool jazz bag. The Lalo Schifrin tune "Nitetime Street" features an appropriately bluesy and brooding guitar solo from Kenny Burrell, and Getz's take on "Love" is a wild Latin romp that matches the vitality of anything on his Gilberto/Jobim collaborations. A highly underrated and oft-ignored album, Reflections should be re-evaluated and viewed not as an acceptance of crass commercialism, but as a daring and brilliant artist's attempt to find pure music by blurring the boundaries between jazz and pop.
© Pemberton Roach /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:59
- Main artists: Stan Getz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cantelope Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2023 ℗ Cantelope Records 2023 ℗ Cantelope Records
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