This is stellar!! / especially with the phrasing excellence of Tenor man Stan the man Getz, & a stomp'en rhythm section, their will never be another Getz; also note the compositional arranging Genius of the late Billy Byers.
This particular setting shows us how dominent Stan is muscially and technically on his instrument. So many great sax players - each a star in his own right -- but over the years, I keep coming back to Stan ... and I still get this thrill .. exactly like the moment I first heard his playing back in 1957 (Moonlight in Vermont w/ Johnnie Smith). What a gift Stan gave us.
I applaud everything you say about Stan. From Johnny Smith to his final session with Kenny Baron, 3 months before Stan died. His music is still magic to my ears... and always will be.
You call that a mistake?..When you tongue a reed as Stan was doing to accent the note, it can happen, especially with a new reed!!!..It's a miracle that Stan played at all in view of the surgery he'd had to remove a cancerous tumor...I believe this concert was in May 1990 and he passed away a year later!
