Opening with a snappy "Invitation," this newly-found home recording shows off what producer Joel Dorn calls "prime Getz." Rodgers and Hart’s "Spring is Here" wafts and splashes through a fragrant rain ...

. Seven tunes played with calm authority, this 62-minute program offers the chance to see the tenor saxist fronting a quartet of much younger jazz notables. Getz was the elder statesman of this group ...

Mario Bakuna and his saxophone player invite the audience to celebrate two of the most important artists of all time: the American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto in a ...

Connoisseurs of Stan Getz continue to get lucky with newly discovered live recordings. The last was Moments In Time (Resonance, 2016), a single CD documenting parts of a week-long residency with a ...

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 ...

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Jazz Saxophonist, STAN GETZ. Born in Philadelphia in 1927, Getz got his start playing with Woody Herman's band. He later went on to form his own quartet. He has worked with such greats as Dizzy ...

Astrud Gilberto with Stan Getz on saxophone, 'Get Yourself A College Girl' (1964) Everett Collection Astrud Gilberto, who was just 22 years old when her lovely, laid-back and sultry vocals on the ...