. 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 ...
This latest reissue in the Verve Originals series—which in early 2009 brought us the superb five-CD box set Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums—tends to be overlooked when lists of tenor saxophonist Stan ...
This compilation enters a marketplace littered with Getz compilations—and it's superior to the lot. It triumphs over the ton of Verve Getz disks by virtue of not having "The Girl From Ipanema," which ...
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a touchstone of jazz and bossa nova, the ...