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Getz glows in early cool jazz:
Very early Stan Getz (early 1950's) often shows glimpses of his mature sound. Cool and aloof playing, Stan avoids the harsh overblowing be-bop of his contemporaries. Many ballads. Warm, pleasant vacuum tube recordings. No bebop virtuoso shootouts and cutting sessions here. All recordings are monophonic, 2-3 minutes long and frequently better sounding than the early stereo "ping pong" recordings with the drums in the left and the sax on the right which came a few years later.
Elegant, invaluable early Getz compilation:
An invaluable document of Stan Getz in his early prime. The light tone and hard-swinging attack are already abundantly evident. Here he plays with the likes of Al Haig, Horace Silver, guitarist Jimmy Raney, and on three tracks the Count Basie Orchestra. (!!) The vast majority of this collection is composed of quartet and quintet sessions though, the best of them recorded live at Storyville, Boston, on October 28, 1951. Raney and Getz seemed to have a real rapport going; the sparks fly when they play together. The one caveat is the sound; Roost was a small label, and as the producer warns, it was impossible to locate first-generation masters of most of these songs. But considering that, the sound isn't THAT bad----certainly the spirit and panache of the music easily shines through any audio flaws. Finally, I very much appreciate how physically efficient the packaging of this compilation is----Michael Cuscuna had the consideration to house the CD's in extra-slim jewel boxes, which are in turn nested in a simple paper slip-case. The result is that this svelte 3-CD set takes up less shelf space than many another space-wasteful double-CD compilation. Yet liner notes, session info, and the whole nine yards are here. If only other companies would follow suit. All this and photos by William Claxton, too. This set's a keeper.
| Artist: | Stan Getz | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0724385962226 | | Format: | Best of | | Format: | Box set | | Number Of Discs: | 3 | | Original Release Date: | 1950-05-17 | | Release Date: | 2006-06-13 | | UPC: | 724385962226 |
Tracks:- On the Alamo \oAlternate Take\c
- On the Alamo
- Gone With the Wind
- Yesterdays
- Sweetie Pie
- You Go to My Head
- Hershey Bar
- Tootsie Roll
- Strike up the Band
- Imagination \oAlternate Take\c
- Imagination
- For Stompers Only
- Navy Blue \oAlternate Take\c
- Out of Nowhere
- 'S Wonderful
- Penny
- Split Kick \oAlternate Take\c
- Split Kick
- It Might as Well Be Spring \oAlternate Take\c
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- Best Thing for You
- Signal \oAlternate Take\c\o#\c
- Budo \oAlternate Take\c\o#\c
- Thou Swell
- Song Is You
- Mosquito Knees
- Pennies from Heaven
- Move
- Parker 51
- Hershey Bar
- Rubberneck
- Signal
- Everything Happens to Me
- Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
- Yesterdays
- Budo
- Wildwood \o#\c
- Melody Express
- Yvette
- Potter's Luck
- Song Is You
- Wildwood
- Lullaby of Birdland
- Autumn Leaves
- Autumn Leaves \oAlternate Take\c
- Fools Rush In
- Fools Rush In \oAlternate Take\c
- These Foolish Things
- Where or When
- Tabú
- Moonlight in Vermont
- Jaguar
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- Stars Fell on Alabama
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Tenderly
- Little Pony - Count Basie Orchestra, Stan Getz
- Easy Living - Count Basie, Stan Getz
- Nails - Count Basie Orchestra, Stan Getz
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