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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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Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Suessdorf, ComposerLyricist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Shapiro, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Glickman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Raoul Poliakin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John M. Blackburn, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sidney Edwards, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Hollander, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Morris Stonzek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James G. Johnson, Unknown, Other
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Shapiro, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Glickman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Raoul Poliakin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sidney Edwards, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Hollander, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Morris Stonzek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James G. Johnson, Unknown, Other
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Osie Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Blane, ComposerLyricist - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Bushnell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Truman Capote, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James G. Johnson, Unknown, Other
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Buffington, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Unknown, Recording Arranger, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Henry Mancini, ComposerLyricist - George Devens, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Mark Markowitz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ralph Burns, ComposerLyricist - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bushnell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Woody Herman, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James G. Johnson, Unknown, Other
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Osie Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Will Jason, ComposerLyricist - Val Burton, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frances Landesman, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Buffington, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas J. Wolf Jr., ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Mark Markowitz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Buffington, French Horn, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Lalo Schifrin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Devens, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Butterfield, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Urbie Green, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Mark Markowitz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Gershman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Charles McCracken, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - George Duvivier, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Candido Camero, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bushnell, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - George Devens, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - CLAUS OGERMAN, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Hanlon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Lookofsky, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Jones, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stan Getz, MainArtist - Kenny Burrell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Jennings, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Shapiro, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Glickman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Kruczek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julius Held, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Eley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Raoul Poliakin, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Sidney Edwards, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Louis Haber, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Willard Suyker, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Hollander, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Morris Stonzek, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James G. Johnson, Unknown, Other
℗ 1963 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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: 00:32:48
- Main artists: Stan Getz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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