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*THE SOUND* |
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| Location: | New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 4, 2008 (537 days back) |
About Me |
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| Please come join us! Visit Stan Getz Community Stan Getz Interview on NPR with Terry Gross. 1990 .. "Mickey One" 1965 "AN EVENING IN PRAGUE" HILDE HEFTE AND THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 5th! Click above on Hilde's photo to visit her page for further details and to hear a sampling of this CD... and MORE! Recording of An Evening In Prague Uploaded by hildehefte “My life is music, and in some vague, mysterious and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music, often—in fact, mostly—at the expense of everything else in my life.” ~Stan Getz Artists like to improve on nature. The great landscape painters took run of the mill scenes and turned them into works of art. By employing evocative language poets can make their readers yearn so much for the Elyesian fields of their imagination that it hurts. In his sixth symphony, Beethoven took an ordinary country brook and turned it into a stream that could easily bubble through the Garden of Eden. On a less exalted level, great jazz musicians take ordinary tunes and turn them into great art. Through the years there have been many, many examples of this, right from the days when King Oliver played West End Blues and Bix Beiderbecke turned I'm Coming Virginia into a small, perfectly formed tone poem. One of the great transformers of the ordinary was Stan Getz (1927-1991). Getz first made his name in the forties with Woody Herman's Second Herd. One of the most famous numbers he recorded with the band was the Ralph Burns tune Early Autumn.As well as being a beautiful song, the number demonstrates Getz's masterly way with a melody. First there is the immaculate saxophone tone; like an alto flute; pure and mellow. Getz treats the melody by adding subtle touches here and there; it is masterly. Like when a painter adds a touch of white to the corner of a painted eye. Getz had an amazing technique, he could play anything on the saxophone. On the album Stan Getz Quartets, Getz recorded a tune called 'Crazy Chords'. In the recording Getz roars through some extreme key changes touching .. signatures no average sax player in his or her right mind would chose to play. Yet Getz makes it sound like he was taking a stroll by a brook. On the same album as 'Crazy Chords' there's a fine example of the way Getz treats a slow ballad. 'What's New' is one of the great songs. Played straight it is beautiful, but Getz with a stroke of the brush here and there transforms the melody into a work of art. Like a Rembrant in sound. Until 1958 Getz played some of the best jazz in the United States and with some of the best jazzmen in the country: Al Haig, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Jimmy Raney and Horace Silver. In 1958 he moved to Europe and worked mainly with European musicians like the wonderful Swedish baritone player Lars Gullin, pianist Martial Solal and Bengt Hallberg and with other US ex-patriots like Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke. In 1961 Getz returned to New York to record what is undoubtedly the best example of a partnership between a jazz musician and strings - the album Focus. Focus is a superb achievement. Getz sails above and around the composer Eddie Sauter's brilliant string arrangements. It's an example of a stunning musician at the height of his considerable powers. The album Getz made after Focus was Jazz Samba. This contained his greatest hit the Samba, 'Desafinado'. Again 'Desafinado' is a simple tune that Getz turns into high art. After 'Desafinado' Getz's career took a giant step forward. Bossa Nova became a craze for a while and Getz was one of its chief exponents. But it did not reduce his commitment to improve on nature. ~ Written by Colin Frame ~ "All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it’s still a melody.” ~Stan Getz~ Al Haig, Stan, Tommy Potter - Birdland 1949 Photo by Herman Leonard “There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. They are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence. These are the qualities I want to retain in my music.” ~Stan Getz~ Stan & granddaughter Katie This is PRICELESS! Stan & Shorty Rogers w/Woody Herman Big Band. Caerulia DJGETZ Nick Pamela Bev Dave Getz Steve Getz Mona Christina |
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Music:Member Since: 10/8/2006Band Website: stangetz.net Band Members: JIMMY GIUFFRE - April 26, 1921 - April 24, 2008 Gone home... but forever in our hearts... "It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. It’s a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something I’ve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And that’s what jazz music is all about.” ~Stan Getz~ Getz/Coltrane - Dusseldorf, Germany, 1960 Downbeat Jan 1955 During recording of "People Time". 3 months before he left us. Dave, Stan, Steve, Nick, Bev, Pam Visit Greg Fishman Jazz Studios: Click below! "Just say NO, Stanley"(-: Influences: Lester Young and most Classical composers Sounds Like: Stan Getz Record Label: Verve/Universal & others Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Jazz / Bossa Nova) |
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| Visit Stan Getz CommunityCome visit/join our new little 'family' on Stan's updated and improved FORUM! It's very sweet, fun and interesting! Interact with other musicians ... Posted by Stan Getz on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:12:00 PST |
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Stan with The Boston Pops - pt 2 |
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| ... Posted by Stan Getz on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:26:00 PST |
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Stan with The Boston Pops |
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Early Stan Memorabilia |
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| A few days ago I received an email (below) from a lovely gentleman by the name of Irving Mesher. It seems Irving was a childhood friend of Stan’s and next door neighbor. I do have a very faint m... Posted by Stan Getz on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:55:00 PST |
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Buddy Rich Memorial Concert - NYC Oct. 18, 2008 |
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| ON OCTOBER 18TH AT THE HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM IN NEW YORK CITY. CATHY RICH AND NEIL PERT WILL PRESENT THE 2008 BR MEMORIAL CONCERT.STARRING:NEIL PEARTJOHN BLACKWELLNICK RICHAND THE BR BANDLOTS OF SURPRI... Posted by Stan Getz on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:37:00 PST |
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Grammy & Jazz - NY Times |
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A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?
By BEN RATLIFF
Published: February 12, 2008
When something newsworthy or popular or positive happens to a jazz musician a big award, say ma... Posted by Stan Getz on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:47:00 PST |
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
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| WISHING ALL OUR FRIENDS A SAFE & HAPPY HOLIDAY! MANY BLESSINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR!With Love,The Getz Family... Posted by Stan Getz on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:39:00 PST |
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Stan Getz Forum LAUNCHED today! |
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| Attention: Sax players, (sorry, but sax players get top billing for this!), ALL musicians, music lovers, friends...The Getz family invite you to join the newly launched Stan Getz discussion board. Co... Posted by Stan Getz on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:09:00 PST |
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Introducing Stans new website! |
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| HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all our cherished friends here on myspace! Thanks for all the love and support in keeping Stan's memory thriving!All My Best,Bev... Posted by Stan Getz on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:47:00 PST |
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HILDE HEFTE - "AN EVENING IN PRAGUE" |
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| "AN EVENING IN PRAGUE"HILDE HEFTE AND THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRATO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 5th! Visit Hilde Hefte to hear a sampling of this WONDERFUL CD.... and more!... Posted by Stan Getz on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:38:00 PST |
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