Jazz

Stan Getz: At The Shrine

This latest reissue in the Verve Originals series—which in early 2009 brought us the superb five-CD box set Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums—tends to be overlooked when lists of tenor saxophonist Stan ...
NPR

Saxophonist Stan Getz Delivers A Barrelful Of Tenor On 'Getz At The Gate'

There's nothing dated about a new 2-disc album that revisits Getz's 1961 nightclub recording at New York's Village Gate. Listening to it now, it's hard to overstate what a terrific tenor he was. This ...
Jazz

Stan Getz: Plays for Lovers

This compilation enters a marketplace littered with Getz compilations—and it's superior to the lot. It triumphs over the ton of Verve Getz disks by virtue of not having "The Girl From Ipanema," which ...
ecoustics

UMe/Verve/Acoustic Sounds Classic Jazz Reissues Reviewed: Getz Au Go-Go; The Great Kai & J.J.; Sonny Rollins’ Alfie

Three Excellent Audiophile-Worthy Vintage Jazz Reissues From Universal Music, Verve Records & Acoustic Sounds Feature Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson w/ Bill Evans Three ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Stan Getz: 'Getz/Gilberto'

Bossa nova, the Brazilian dance, swept the United States in the 1960s. Stan Getz was at the forefront of the movement, along with Antonio Carlos... Stan Getz: 'Getz/Gilberto' [MUSIC] A.B. SPELLMAN, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'The Stan Getz Quartet In Paris'

In fact, his acclaim as a bossa nova pioneer during this period overshadowed his career as a bebop saxophonist, leading Verve Records to delay subsequent Getz jazz releases out of fear they would ...
The Brooklyn Paper

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

run. Steve Getz, son of venerable tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, who died in 1981, opened Williamsburg’s first jazz club on Oct. pulled out of the deal. "The reason [the club closed] is a lack of ...