Stan Getz - The Chronological Classics: 1951 (2003)

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Artist: Stan Getz
Title: The Chronological Classics: 1951
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: Classics [1299]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Cool Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 77:37
Total Size: 211 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Penny (2:52)
02. Split Kick (2:55)
03. It Might as Well Be Spring (2:54)
04. The Best Thing for You (2:44)
05. S'Cool Boys (2:43)
06. Ack, Varmeland du skona (2:47)
07. I'm Getting Sentimental over You (2:28)
08. I Only Have Eyes for You (3:22)
09. Prelude to a Kiss (2:50)
10. Night and Day (3:03)
11. Don't Get Scared (3:05)
12. Flamingo (3:20)
13. Melody Express (2:47)
14. Yvette (2:58)
15. Potter's Luck (2:41)
16. The Song Is You (2:48)
17. Wildwood (3:06)
18. Thou Swell (4:26)
19. The Song Is You (7:11)
20. Mosquito Knees (5:24)
21. Pennies from Heaven (5:10)
22. Move (6:03)

1951 was a very busy year for Stan Getz. After leaving Woody Herman's band in 1949 and spending the greater part of a year on his own, he found his first great rhythm section at a club in Hartford and recorded with them, lived in Sweden for several months and recorded there, then formed a quintet with guitarist Jimmy Raney and recorded several sides (including a live date). The Classics label's wrap-up of a year in the life of jazz's most innovative tenor of the time finds him in great company, first at the March 1951 session spawned by a Hartford jam session where he found Horace Silver. Silver appears on the first four sides, contributing his sublime original "Split Kick" that Getz is able to weave a spell around. Barely three weeks later Getz was in Stockholm, recording eight sides -- which ranged from Porter's "Night and Day" to the traditional "Ack, Värmeland du Sköna" -- in two days with a tasteful all-star group featuring a light-fingered young pianist named Bengt Hallberg. Back in New York by August of 1951, Getz worked with a quintet for the rest of the year, initially including both Silver and Raney. The group, with drummer Roy Haynes and bassist Leonard Gaskin, really cooked on "Melody Express" and "Yvette," a pair of Gigi Gryce songs. 1951 closes with four tracks recorded in October at a Boston club named Storyville, where Raney's nimble solos do much to keep Getz focused (and challenged). A note for the Getz completist: With the exception of the eight titles from Sweden (which appeared on a Metronome LP), all of these tracks also appear on Getz's The Complete Roost Recordings, though the Proper box set The Sound does the same work at a cheaper price.~John Bush

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