Stan Getz Plays

Stan Getz Plays Artist: Stan Getz
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042283353527
EAN: 0042283353527
ASIN: B000004763


Release Date: 1988-01-19

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Tracks:

  1. Stella By Starlight
  2. Time On My Hands
  3. 'Tis Autumn
  4. The Way You Look Tonight
  5. Lover Come Back To Me
  6. Body And Soul
  7. Stars Fell On Alabama
  8. You Turned The Tables On Me
  9. Thanks For The Memory
  10. Hymn Of The Night
  11. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
  12. How Deep Is The Ocean
  13. Nobody Else But Me
  14. Down By The Sycamore Tree
  15. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
  16. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Classic Collection of Standards, Getz at his Best.......2007-01-02

Stan Getz Plays is a wonderful record, and though Stan Getz sounded consistently good throughout his long career, there is something special about this record for me--like all the pieces just fell magically in place. Stella By Starlight has interesting chord changes, and has been played by lots of musicians, but Stan was born to play Stella. Most often done in Bb, Getz does it in "G" for Getz. Perfection.

Lots of the tunes on this record are well known standards, done thousands of times, but Getz does them as text book examples, showing how it should be done, and making it all sound so easy. The Way You Look Tonight, Lover Come Back To Me, Body And Soul, Stars Fell On Alabama, Thanks For The Memory, These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You), How Deep Is The Ocean--all very familiar standards, but Getz manages to make them sound fresh and new. 'Tis Autumn is a beautiful tune that should be heard more, and ditto for You Turned The Tables On Me. The rhythm section is really in sync with him--great drums, bass, piano, and guitar.

Get Stan Getz Plays next time you want to get her in the mood.

4 out of 5 stars An early preview of Stan's late style .......2005-04-15

Amazingly enough, in this early Stan Getz album, Stan the Man sounds not like his other fifties albums, not like the Bossa Nova or Fusion Stan, but much like his mature style 30+ years later, in his last decade, his greatest era.

Well recorded for the time, in mono, but the Sound is glorious. Compare this to "Bossas and Ballads" recorded near the end of his life to see what I mean!

"Stella by StarLight", "Nobody Else but Me", "Tis Autumn" and "Body and Soul" are particularly nice.

early Getz to own!

5 out of 5 stars Simply Stunning.......2005-02-14

On this record Stan Getz is simply stunning and plays sixteen jazz standards like a man possessed. I have a number of Getz records but definitely rate this among his best.

Although the whole record is great, I rate his versions of "Stella by Starlight", "Time on my Hands", "Body and Soul", "Stars Fell on Alabama", "Thanks for thr Memory" and "Nobody Else but Me" as real gems. The sound quality is also very good considering it was recorded more than 50 years ago. I am so lucky to have stumbled across this record as I had no intention of buying it when I made my monthly visit to the record store.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best... .......2004-10-18

This is simply one of the greatets Stan Getz recordings of all times. This is Stan at his best... Sound and recording quality also very good.

5 out of 5 stars Classic.......2003-02-13

This is one of the best jazz albums ever. Getz was at the height of his mastery. Good intro to his playing--and jazz.

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