Stan Getz

Synopsis

To choose the finest recordings by Stan Getz, Alyn Shipton is joined by the great saxophonist's biographer Dave Gelly. Together, they pick the critical high points of Getz's work, from the 1940s Woody Herman Orchestra, through to his many small groups, and by way of the bossa nova craze to his final quartet of the 1980s.

DISC 1
Title: Four Brothers
Artist: Woody Herman Orchestra
Composer: Guiffre
Album: Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra
Label: Mosaic
Number: 223 Disc 7 Track 14

Personnel: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Irvin 'Marky' Markowitz, Shorty Rogers (trumpet); Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift (trombone); Woody Herman, Herbie Steward, Stan Getz, John 'Zoot' Sims, Serge Chaloff (reeds); Fred Otis (piano).; Gene Sargent (guitar); Walter Yoder (baritone saxophone); Don Lamond (drums). Rec. Hollywood, December 27, 1947.

DISC 2
Title: Early Autumn
Artist: Woody Herman Orchestra
Composer: Burns
Album: Wood Herman: Keeper of The Flame
Label: Capitol Jazz
Number: Capitol CDP7984532 Track 5

Personnel: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Red Rodney, Shorty Rogers, tp; Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift, tb; Woody Herman, Sam Marowitz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, Serge Chaloff, reeds; Lou Levy, p.; Chubby Jackson, b.; Don Lamond, d. Rec. December, 1948.

DISC 3
Title: Long Island Sound
Artist: Stan Getz Qartet
Composer: Getz
Album: The Chronological: 1946 - 1949
Label: Classics
Number: 1126 Track 21

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Al Haig, p.; Gene Ramey, b.; Stan Levey, d. Rec. New York, 21st June, 1949.

DISC 4
Title: The Song Is You
Artist: Stan Getz Quintet
Composer: Kern/Hammerstein II
Album: Stan Getz: Complete Foost Sessions
Label: Jazz Factory
Number: JFCD 22839 CD 3 Track 2

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Al Haig, p.; Jimmy Raney, g.; Teddy Kotick, b.; Tiny Kahn, d. Rec. Storyville Club, Boston, October 1951.

DISC 5
Title: Moonlight in Vermont
Artist: Johnny Smith Quintet
Composer: Seussdorf/Blackburn
Album: The Chronological: 1951 - 52
Label: Classics
Number: 1338 Track 12

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Sanford Gold, p.; Johnny Smith, g.; Eddie Safranski, b.; Don Lamond, d. Rec. New York, March 1952.

DISC 6
Title: Shine
Artist: Stan Getz/Shelly Manne
Composer: Dabney/Brown/Mark
Album: West Coast Jazz
Label: Verve
Number: 2304 330 Side B Track 3

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Conte Candoli, tp; Leroy Vinnegar, b.; Lou Levy, p.; Shelly Manne, d. Rec. Los Angeles, August 15th, 1955.

DISC 7
Title: You're Blase
Artist: Stan Getz Quartet
Composer: Hamilton/Sievier
Album: The Steamer
Label: Verve
Number: 2304 533 Side A Track 3

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Leroy Vinnegar, b.; Lou Levy, p.; Stan Levey, d.
Rec. Los Angeles, November 24th, 1956.

DISC 8
Title: I'm Late, I'm Late
Artist: Stan Getz
Composer: Eddie Sauter
Album: Focus
Label: Verve
Number: 8219822 Track 1

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; John Neves, b.; Roy Haynes, d.; string ensemble including members of the Beaux-Arts Quartet, cond. by Hershy Kay. Rec. New York City, 1961.

DISC 9
Title: O Pato
Artist: Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd
Composer: Silva/Teixeira
Album: Jazz Samba
Label: Verve
Number: 8100612 Track 3

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Charlie Byrd, g.; Keter Betts, b.; Gene Byrd, b.; Buddy Deppenschmidt; d.; Bill Reichenbach, d. Rec. Washing DC, February 1962.

DISC 10
Title: Nobody Else But Me
Artist: Stan Getz
Composer: Kern/Hammerstein II
Album: Nobody Else But Me
Label: Verve
Number: 521660 Track 6

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Gary burton, vib.; Gene Cherico, b.; Joe Hunt, d.;
Rec. Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 4, 1964.

DISC 11
Title: Billy Highstreet Samba
Artist: Stan Getz
Composer: Chuck Loeb
Album: Billy Highstreet Samba
Label: Emarcy
Number: 838 771-2 Track 4

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Mitchel Forman, kbs; Chuck Loeb, g.; Mark Egan, b.; Victor Lewis, d.; Bobby Thomas, perc. Rec. Davout Studios, Paris, France, November 4, 1981.

DISC 12
Title: Blood Count
Composer: Ellington
Artist: Stan Getz Quartet
Album: Live in Paris
Label: Dreyfus
Number: FDM 365772 Track 2

Personnel: Stan Getz, ts; Jim McNeely, p.; Marc Johnson, b.; Victor Lewis, d. Rec. Live at the New Morning, Paris, 1982.

Broadcast

1. Sat 7 Nov 2009
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   BBC Radio 3