Stan Getz and Mary Lou Williams in concert 1978 

I was there. In 78, I followed Getz at each and every set he played at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice. Great rendition of "My Blue Heaven", soulful playing by all of these marvelous musicians.

Mary Lou one of the greats

BELOVED MARY LOU w. GETZ . Heaven.......!!

As he started playing bassoon with double lip embouchure, lip tighter nearer the tip and used quite hard reeds and a close mouthpiece aperture of around 5*, his control and tone , especially in middle to upper register produced a unique, more classical tone , very similar to Paul Desmond , cool sound with little vibrato.

Quand la Grande Parade du Jazz de Nice était dans son vrai site, les Arènes de Cimiez, avec du vrai Jazz au programme. Quelle classe!

STANLEY AND MARY LOU. A MATCH made in Heaven

Beautiful bassist

Thank you so much for sharing this,

Too cool

Nice melody old evergreen.

Heaven !

She it baby!

If I may say, five great names in this quintet.

Divina música e interpretação,mexe com o cérebro e a alma

la grande Mary Lou

It doesn't look quite right when I'm not playing a shiny horn.

Stan Getz and Mary Lou Williams. "My Blue Heaven" (Walter Donaldson, lyrics by George A. Whiting - 1924) and "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn). - La Grande Parade du Jazz, 1978. J.C. Heard, drums and Ronnie Boykins, bass. - I've heard Zoot sound like Stan, but "Heaven" is the first time I've heard Getz sound like Sims.

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the drummer is Gus Johnson, I don't recognize the (very good) bass player.

Thanks for sharing. Please could you upload the complete concert ?

some might say their two styles are incompatible. Get over it ;-)