Stan Getz

About

Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as “The Sound” because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman’s big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as “one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists”. Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single “The Girl from Ipanema”.

Albums/Songs:

• Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
• Stan Getz meets Joao & Astrud Gilberto
• Stan Getz Quartets
• West Coast Jazz
• For Musicians Only
• Cool Velvet
• Split Kick
• Recorded Fall 1961
• Interpretations
• Moonlight in Vermont
• Jazz Samba Encore!
• Billie and Stan
• Diz and Getz
• Hamp and Getz
• Sweet Rain
• Getz-Tjader Sextet
• Getz/Gilberto
• The Brothers
• Jazz Samba
• Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio
• Focus
• Big Band Bossa Nova
• And the Angels Swing / Symphony Sid’s Idea
• At Storyville Vol. 2
• Sittin’ In

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