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Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds

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Released
  
1957

Release date
  
9 April 2002

Label
  
Verve Records

Artist
  
Stan Getz

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 16, 1953, January 23 and November 9, 1954 and January 31 and August 19, 1955 Los Angeles, California and New York City

Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (1953-55)
  
Stan Getz in Stockholm (1955)

Similar
  
Stan Getz albums, Jazz albums

Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz recorded at five sessions between 1953 and 1955 which was released on the Verve label in 1957.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Of Thee I Sing" (George Gershwin Ira Gershwin) - 4:07
  2. "A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence) - 3:17
  3. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:22
  4. "Serenade in Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:51
  5. "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 7:30
  6. "Blue Bells" (Phil Sunkel) - 7:09
  7. "Roundup Time" (Sunkel) - 7:05
  8. "Nobody Else But Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:33
  9. "Down By the Sycamore Tree" (Traditional) - 3:02
  10. "Rustic Hop" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:45
  • Recorded in New York City on April 16, 1953 (track 10) and January 31, 1955 (tracks 6 & 7), and in Los Angeles, California on January 23, 1954 (tracks 8 & 9) and November 9, 1954 (track 5) and at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California on August 19, 1955 (tracks 1-4).

    • Personnel

  • Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
  • Tony Fruscella - trumpet (tracks 6 & 7)
  • Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 5 & 10)
  • Lou Levy (tracks 1-4), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 6 & 7), John Williams (tracks 5 & 10) - piano
  • Bill Anthony (tracks 5-7), Bill Crow (track 10), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1-4), Bob Whitlock (tracks 8 & 9) - bass
  • Frank Isola (tracks 5-7), Al Levitt (track 10), Shelly Manne (tracks 1-4), Max Roach (tracks 8 & 9) - drums

    • Songs

    1Of Thee I Sing4:10
    2A Handful of Stars3:19
    3Love Is Here to Stay3:24

    References

    Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds Wikipedia
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