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- Artist: Stan Getz
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- Release Date: October 02, 2001
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
After a pair of taffy ballads sung in imitation Billy Eckstine baby talk by Junior Parker -- not the Memphis blues singer but a pseudonym for Arthur Daniels -- the 21 tracks that follow demonstrate exactly why Stan Getz went over so well with the listening public. His soft tone and gently inventive phraseology, a direct outgrowth of the Lester Young archetype, make each of these performances an ideal choice for relaxation. Getz regularly recorded with exceptional musicians. The rhythm sections of Al Haig, Tommy Potter, and Roy Haynes or Tony Aless, Percy Heath, and Don Lamond were perfectly suited to his softly searching essays in cool improvisation. On December 10, 1950, Horace Silver, Joe Calloway, and Walter Bolden kindled a hotter fire under the saxophonist, resulting in music of elevated intensity. At this point in his career, Getz sometimes engaged in bubbly noodling, which in its wilder moments sounds like a premonition of Lee Konitz as heard on his fabulous Motion sessions of 1961. This equation would also lead to Warne Marsh and Anthony Braxton, if you want to go there. As for material choices, the 1950 Getz repertoire is full of delightful surprises, from an almost calypso "The Lady in Red" to "Sweetie Pie," a cheerful number barbecued by Fats Waller & His Rhythm back in 1934. Anyone familiar with Waller's version will most likely thrill at hearing this brisk modern expansion of the old Tin Pan Alley come-on. Excellent music, good for the nerves and stimulating for the imagination. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish | Stan Getz | (2:42) |
| Goodnight My Love | Mack Gordon, Harry Revel | Stan Getz | (2:40) |
| There's a Small Hotel | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Stan Getz | (2:55) |
| Too Marvelous for Words | Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting | Stan Getz | (2:55) |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | Cole Porter | Stan Getz | (3:17) |
| What's New? | Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke | Stan Getz | (3:19) |
| Intoit | Stan Getz | Stan Getz | (3:21) |
| You Stepped Out of a Dream | Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn | Stan Getz | (2:53) |
| My Old Flame | Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow | Stan Getz | (2:46) |
| The Lady in Red | Allie Wrubel, Mort Dixon | Stan Getz | (3:13) |
| Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) | Harry Barris, |
Stan Getz | (3:05) |
| On the Alamo | Isham Jones, Gus Kahn | Stan Getz | (2:46) |
| Gone With the Wind | Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel | Stan Getz | (2:56) |
| Yesterdays | Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach | Stan Getz | (2:47) |
| Sweetie Pie | Chuck Loeb | Stan Getz | (2:30) |
| You Go to My Head | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | Stan Getz | (3:00) |
| Hershey Bar | Johnny Mandel | Stan Getz | (2:36) |
| Tootsie Roll | Stan Getz | Stan Getz | (2:09) |
| Strike Up the Band | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Stan Getz | (2:30) |
| Imagination | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | Stan Getz | (2:24) |
| For Stompers Only (Navy Blue) | Stan Getz | Stan Getz | (2:51) |
| Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | Stan Getz | (2:28) |
| 'S Wonderful | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Stan Getz | (2:53) |
