788065904326

The Smoothest Operator

Stan Getz

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: JSPCD943

Release Date:  13 August 2007

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  788065904326

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    One of the all-time great tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz had one of the most beautiful tones ever heard. Initially inspired by the great Lester Young, he grew to be a major influence himself with a unique sound that appealed to a wide audience and eventually saw him in the international pop charts in the '60s with hits such as "Desafinado" and "The Girl From Ipanema".

    Probably all of the recordings on this 98-track 4CD set of his early years have been reissued before but JSP have taken the completist approach - entire sessions in chronological order, all freshly remastered - to fully illustrate the development of a major name in jazz history.

    At the opening of disc one a young man of 19 makes an impressive debut in his own right (having already been playing in big bands since he was 16). By the end of end of disc four he is an established and consummate artist within the top flight coterie of American jazz stylists.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Opus De Bop
      • 2. And the Angels Swing
      • 3. Running Water
      • 4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
      • 5. Pardon My Bop
      • 6. As I Live And I Bop
      • 7. Interlude In Bebop
      • 8. Bopelbath
      • 9. Pinhead
      • 10. Diaper Pin
      • 11. Frosty
      • 12. Battleground
      • 13. Four And One Moore
      • 14. Five Brothers
      • 15. Battle Of the Saxes
      • 16. Stan Gets Along
      • 17. Stan's Mood
      • 18. Slow
      • 19. Fast
      • 20. Skull Buster
      • 21. Ante Room
      • 22. Poop Deck
      • 23. Pennies From Heaven
      • 24. Indian Summer
      • 25. Long Island Sound
      • 26. Mar-Cia
      • 27. Preservation
      • 28. Crazy Chords

      Disc 2

      • 1. Stardust
      • 2. Goodnight My Love
      • 3. There's a Small Hotel
      • 4. Too Marvelous For Words
      • 5. I've Got You Under My Skin
      • 6. What's New
      • 7. Intoit
      • 8. You Stepped Out Of a Dream
      • 9. My Old Flame
      • 10. The Lady In Red
      • 11. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
      • 12. On the Alamo
      • 13. Gone With the Wind
      • 14. Yesterdays
      • 15. Sweetie Pie
      • 16. You Go To My Head
      • 17. Hershey Bar
      • 18. Tootsie Roll
      • 19. Strike Up the Band
      • 20. Imagination
      • 21. For Stompers Only (Navy Blue)
      • 22. Out Of Nowhere
      • 23. 'S Wonderful
      • 24. Penny
      • 25. Split Kick
      • 26. It Might As Well Be Spring
      • 27. The Best Thing For You

      Disc 3

      • 1. S'Cool Boys
      • 2. Ack, Varmeland Du Skona
      • 3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
      • 4. I Only Have Eyes For You
      • 5. Prelude To a Kiss
      • 6. Night And Day
      • 7. Don't Get Scared
      • 8. Flamingo
      • 9. Melody Express
      • 10. Yvette
      • 11. Potter's Luck
      • 12. The Song Is You
      • 13. Wildwood
      • 14. Thou Swell
      • 15. The Song Is You
      • 16. Mosquito Knees
      • 17. Pennies From Heaven
      • 18. Move
      • 19. Parker 51
      • 20. Hershey Bar

      Disc 4

      • 1. Rubberneck
      • 2. Signal
      • 3. Everything Happens To Me
      • 4. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
      • 5. Yesterdays
      • 6. Budo
      • 7. Wildwood
      • 8. Where Or When
      • 9. Tabu
      • 10. Moonlight In Vermont
      • 11. Jaguar
      • 12. Sometimes I'm Happy
      • 13. Stars Fell On Alabama
      • 14. Nice Work If You Can Get It
      • 15. Tenderly
      • 16. Stella By Starlight
      • 17. Time On My Hands
      • 18. 'Tis Autumn
      • 19. The Way You Look Tonight
      • 20. Lover Come Back To Me
      • 21. Body And Soul
      • 22. Stars Fell On Alabama
      • 23. You Turned the Tables On Me

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