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Imported from Europe

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Released
  
1959

Artist
  
Stan Getz

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
36:50

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

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Imported from Europe (1958)
  
Stan Getz at Large (1960)

Similar
  
Stan Getz and the Cool Sou, Stan Getz in Stockholm, The Steamer, Stan Getz at Large, Recorded Fall 1961

Imported from Europe is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was released on the Verve label in 1959.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny stated "Imported from Europe channels the frosty ambience of its geographic origins to create one of Getz's most evocative efforts -- a decisively modern and cerebral session, it's nevertheless humanized by the warm, rich tone of Getz's tenor sax".

Track listing

  1. "Bengt's Blues" (Bengt Hallberg) - 4:15
  2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) - 6:43
  3. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:18
  4. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) - 6:25
  5. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:15 SpotifyAmazon
  6. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 3:42
  7. "Stockholm Street" (Lars Gullin) - 4:12
  • Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on August 26, 1958 (tracks 2-4), September 15, 1958 (tracks 5 & 6) and September 16, 1958 (tracks 1 & 7)

    • Personnel

  • Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
  • Benny Bailey - trumpet
  • Åke Persson - trombone
  • Bjarne Nerem (tracks 6 & 7), Erik Nordström - tenor saxophone
  • Lars Gullin - baritone saxophone
  • Bengt Hallberg (tracks 1 & 5-7), Jan Johansson (tracks 2-4) - piano
  • Gunnar Johnson - bass
  • William Schiopffe - drums

    • References

    Imported from Europe Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA