Stan Getz

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   the latest addition to my growing jazz collection.

this one just being a greatest hits, but, i love this guy. his tone is so warm, his note choice is superb, and his playing is just too smooth.

so, what else by him is any good? and, what albums can you recommend from the "cool jazz" era for me to try out? assuming that there is jazz fans here.

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red.sector_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2006 Status: Offline Points: 101	Topic: Stan Getz Posted: February 02 2007 at 23:08
	the latest addition to my growing jazz collection. this one just being a greatest hits, but, i love this guy. his tone is so warm, his note choice is superb, and his playing is just too smooth. so, what else by him is any good? and, what albums can you recommend from the "cool jazz" era for me to try out? assuming that there is jazz fans here.
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Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818	Posted: February 03 2007 at 05:39
	Recommend the 1972 recording Captain Marvel, (issued on Columbia COL468412) with a part Return To Forever line-up acting as sessionists: Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Airto and Tony Williams. Some of Corea compositions included, one which RTF do on *Hymn Of The 7th Galaxy* - but here the emphasis is on the Latin style Getz (and of course Chick Corea ) is known for.
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Modrigue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1127	Posted: February 03 2007 at 13:33
	Try also Wayne Shorter's Adam's Apple, Juju and Night Dreamer. Very cool stuff. If you're into spacey jazz-rock too, have a look to Weather Report's Mysterious Traveller
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Mascodagama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111	Posted: February 04 2007 at 09:18
	My very favourite Getz album is Voyage from 1986 on Blackhawk, a wonderful after-hours type of session with Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis and George Mraz. Unfortunately it appears to be deleted so you may not be able to get it. *Pure Getz, also from his sublime late period in the eighties, would be another great one to pick up. At the opposite end of his career, there's some marvellous playing from Getz on the 1957 Herb Ellis* album *Nothing But The Blues*, a record I can't recommend highly enough. One of those albums that ought to be a classic but that not many people seem to know. Edited by Mascodagama - February 04 2007 at 12:54

Mascodagama Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111	Posted: February 04 2007 at 09:39
	On the wider subject of 'cool' jazz, the first album you need to have is *The Complete Birth of the Cool* by Miles Davis. If you want to explore the cooler side of Miles further I'd recommend going on to *Round About Midnight* and Kind of Blue as two of your next steps. You would also want to investigate the West Coast cool school that Getz emerged from. Here I'd particularly recommend sax man Art Pepper's Intensity and *Meets the Rhythm Section* and Gerry Mulligan's The Original Quartet with Chet Baker. It should be noted that some of these recordings pre-date stereo, but don't let that put you off, the music comes through just fine. Edited by Mascodagama - February 04 2007 at 12:55

red.sector_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2006 Status: Offline Points: 101	Posted: February 06 2007 at 17:52
	o i know tons about Miles Davis. Kind of Blue is what got me into jazz in the first place. i have been told to check out weather report more than once, so its pretty much my next stop, as well as a couple of albums mentioned in Masc's last post.
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MusicForSpeedin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 22 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 613	Posted: February 07 2007 at 21:21
	Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Some "cats" to check out Ornette Coleman Eric Dolphy Albert Ayler John Coltrane Yusef Lateef Cannonball Adderley Nat Adderley Count Basie Duke Ellington Herbie Hancock Wes Montgomery Dave Brubeck Art Tatum Art Blakey Freddie Hubbard Joe Henderson Grant Green Charlie Parker Sun Ra Charles Mingus Dizzy Gillespie Clark Terry Thelonious Monk Sonny Rollins Max Roach Don Cherry John Zorn

red.sector_a Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2006 Status: Offline Points: 101	Posted: February 07 2007 at 21:34
	i love Montgomery, Ellington, coltrane, Mingus. amazing. if your username is for the Friedman album, great album. if not, get the album.
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hanselnmetal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: June 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 40	Posted: February 08 2007 at 16:04
	It is for the album. Be sure to check out Ornette and Dolphy. AMAZING!!!!


Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818	Posted: February 09 2007 at 08:28
	OFF-AT-TANGENTS WARNING Stan Getz is the thread subject and seem >50% of the responses don't mention Stan Getz
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