Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is in excellent form playing with one of his finest groups, a quintet with guitarist Jimmy Raney and pianist Duke Jordan.
"STAN GETZ PLAYS" was the saxophonist's first full-length LP, a 10-incher in 1952 (expanded in 1954).
To be sure, there are the up-tempo numbers like a speedy "The Way You Look Tonight" or the even more breakneck "Lover Come Back to Me" but what one mostly hears here is Stan Getz the spellbinding weaver of dreams, telling his pretty tales with all those extra little filigrees and pirouettes. There has never been a lovelier "Tis Autumn" or "Stars Fell On Alabama" or "You Turned The Tables On Me" - not by an instrumentalist, at any rate.
This set is rounded out by four bonus tracks that Getz cut with a quartet in 1954 that co-starred pianist Jimmy Rowles, featuring drummer Max Roach.


STAN GETZ

Stan Getz Plays

1954




CD / Verve / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

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 (*)


Personnel:

Stan Getz, tenor saxophone

Duke Jordan, Jimmy Rowles, piano

Jimmy Raney, guitar

Bill Crow, Bob Whitlock, bass

Frank Isola, Max Roach, drums


Original album recorded New York City, December 12 & 29, 1952
#13 – 16, bonus tracks, recorded in Los Angeles on January 14, 1954


Stan Getz, a nice bunch of guys
:)


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