Advantages: Near perfect saxophony. Disadvantages: Too smooth.
The Very Best of StanGetz. Sax Moods.
The cost of this double CD varies, I actually got mine from a boot sale for £3, it can be bought on Amazon for less than a fiver.
StanGetz, to me, on tenor sax is like Kenny G is to soprano, Mr smooth. There is no doubt that this has been both his accolade and his downfall.
Traditional jazz fans may well find him too smooth, yet his pedigree and grounding was in some of the more bebop style bands. His 'tone' when playing has been called 'the sound' as it is pretty near perfect, now personally I like something a little more 'off' perfect.
This double CD is broadly (though not completely) split into two genres. The first CD is more traditional jazz tunes and ballads whilst the 2nd CD is dominated by Latin, Bossa Nova type tunes, not my favourite genre (CD 2).
The thing I do like about ...
Advantages: Subliminal tone - a great tenor saxophonists Disadvantages: Played lots and lots and lots of bossa's - most by Jobim - i like his playing in other styles as well, not just bossa's!
StanGetz was one of the most famous jazz saxophonists, with his classic tenor sax tone that he generated from his mark VI horn. Many players think that StanGetz had the ultimate tone, with its depth, richness and smoothness, and many current players try to copy it.
StanGetz is probably most famous for his playing of Bossa's, mostly those written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, and he also did a lot of recordings with the vocalists Gil and Astrud Gilberto.
Perhaps Getz's two most recorded pieces are The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) and Corcovada (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars), with him making many recordings of both. My favourite Bossa that Getz played however, is Desafinado (Slightly out of tune), because it suits Getz's playing perfectly, suiting his smooth, rich tone.
Although Getz is most famous for his Bossa's, and many ...
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Advantages: A great jazz collection Disadvantages: Stan is the only soloist
I don't know if this album received that much attention when it came out but I've been listening to it lately a lot. I'm a saxophone player, and Getz is not even usually one of my favorites. I always thought his sound was too lightweight or something. The only albums I liked were the early Bossa Nova ones, but not any more. He plays so soulfully on this album, it's like he's literally crying, wailing, and his sound is so beautiful and big and perfect intonation--all the more amazing since he had terminal cancer at the time of the recording. You would never know it. This is a very arranged album with lots of horns and synthesized instruments and percussion and lots of different styles and grooves, but don't let that discourage you because it's very intimate and Stan is the only soloist, blowing all the way through. Occasionally ...
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Product details
Title
Jazz Giants '58
Performer
Stan Getz
Genre
Jazz Instrument
Release Date
05/05/2008
Original Release Year
1958
Label / Distributor
Verve / Universal Music
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
602517621329
Catalogue Number
1762132
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor); Gerry Mulligan (baritone); Herb Ellis (guitar); Harry Edison (trumpet); Oscar Peterson (piano); Ray Brown (bass instrument); Louis Bellson (drums).
Titles on disc 1
1.
Chocolate Sundae
2.
When Your Lover Has Gone
3.
Candy
4.
Lush Life/Lullaby Of The Leaves/Makin' Whoopee/It Never Ente (medley)
5.
Woodyn' You
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