Stan Getz Plays

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is in excellent form playing with one of his finest groups, a quintet with guitarist Jimmy Raney and pianist Duke Jordan. Although the music does not quite reach the excitement level of the Getz-Raney Storyville session, this music (particularly the ballads) really shows off the tenor's appealing tone. This CD is rounded out by four titles that Getz cut with a quartet in 1954 that co-starred pianist Jimmy Rowles

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 Stan Getz

Plays

Tracks

1 Stella by Starlight (Washington, Young) 2:41

2 Time on My Hands (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans) 2:55

3 'Tis Autumn (Nemo) 3:11

4 The Way You Look Tonight (Fields, Kern) 3:01

5 Lover, Come Back to Me (Hammerstein, Romberg) 2:54

6 Body and Soul (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) 3:14

7 Stars Fell on Alabama (Parish, Perkins) 3:21

8 You Turned the Tables on Me (Alter, Mitchell) 2:55

9 Thanks for the Memory (Rainger, Robin) 3:17

10 Hymn of the Orient (Gryce) 2:53

11 These Foolish Things (Link, Marvell, Strachey) 3:20

12 How Deep Is the Ocean ? (Berlin) 2:48
13 Nobody Else But Me (Hammerstein, Kern)  3:28
14 Down By the Sycamore Tree (unknow)  3:00
15 I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Noble)  2:51
16 With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair (Lawrence, Edwards)  3:46

Personnel

[# 1-12]
Stan Getz - ts

Jimmy Raney - g

Duke Jordan - p

Bill Crow - b

Frank Isola - dr

Recorded New York City ; December 12 & 29, 1953. 
[# 13-16]
Stan Getz - ts
Jimmy Rowles - p
Bob Whitlock - b
Max Roach - dr
Recorded in Los Angeles, California ; January 14, 1954