A sax player with a great melodic tone and feeling. He became famous by tunes like Desafinado and The Girl from Ipanema, touring with Jazz At The Philharmonic worldwide. He was a great musician one of the best with many ups and downs in his lifetime. Love him! R.I.P Stan!
Yes, kinda like Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Art Pepper, etc... I met Stan's son kinda by chance not long after Stan passed at a Group meeting in LA & we got to be friends for awhile & he reflected on the highs & lows of his famous dad as I have with my dad who passed several yrs ago & your point is well taken! 'Stan's last album not long before he passed' with Kenny Barron is a Rembrandt "People Time".....
Amazing. Just amazing!!! Thank You so much for posting this. I never saw Stan Getz until this. Blessings and Gratitude. I imagaine this is from Danmarks Radio/TV. Super quality sound and vision and what a Master!
Magnifique duo et interprétation. Stan Getz au sommet de son art. Que dire de cette déclinaison d’une gamme majeure aux alentours de 2:40. Jouée par le commun des mortels, cela ferait un peu bateau mais par un tel musicien...
@Mark Schultz Agreed. Choosing between Coltrane, Rollins, Getz or Gordon is like choosing between mom, dad, grandma or grandpa. I just can't, gotta give em all some love.
Sorry, but I disagree, with all due respect to Stan Getz's musical skill. This is all right as it is here, I suppose, but after hearing Bunny Berigan's original 1937 recording (I knew his daughter Joyce and some of his sidemen), this is a hatchet-job on the melody line. **Now let's see all the outrageous indignation over that. I expect to be condemned for stating the truth.
I’m not a musician, but I agree that Bunny’s version is the great one. I most love Ella’s versions of this,, and like Sinatra’s, with the alternative lyrics. I prefer it with words. But for Stan Getz lovers, he touches the heart in a special way, and I see this as I do Impressionistic painting. He may take liberties, “butcher it”, but I get that melody line from other versions, and I enjoy his beautiful style. It’s all art, and we like the artists we like...
A different time. A different place. This wish to preserve, what some jazz listeners, regard as 'The Word', is misguided. Jazz is a living and ever changing and developing genre, and without this, it will solidify into irrelevance. Personally I love all jazz, Bunk Johnson to Coltrane and beyond. Getz was sublime.
