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

Recorded April 16, 1953, January 23 and November 9, 1954 and January 31 and August 19, 1955Los 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.

Reception

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

Track listing

"Of Thee I Sing" (George Gershwin Ira Gershwin) - 4:07
"A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence) - 3:17
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:22
"Serenade in Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:51
"Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 7:30
"Blue Bells" (Phil Sunkel) - 7:09
"Roundup Time" (Sunkel) - 7:05
"Nobody Else But Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:33
"Down By the Sycamore Tree" (Traditional) - 3:02
"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).