Chronicling the first half of the last reunion of two "bad boys" of Jazz, this album demonstrates how, even in the autumns of their lives, Chet and Stan could still play on their feet and swing with ...

The story of Stan Getz (1927-1991) has to begin with Lester Young. Before Young, tenor sax players seemed awash in testosterone. Their sound was full, rich, deep, blown hard out of the instrument's ...

. 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 ...

In fact, his acclaim as a bossa nova pioneer during this period overshadowed his career as a bebop saxophonist, leading Verve Records to delay subsequent Getz jazz releases out of fear they would ...

John Coltrane said it best: "We'd all like to sound like that if we could." Coltrane was talking about fellow tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, whose singularly beautiful sound and phrasing -- sensuous, ...

The American saxophonist’s quartet were on top form here, and proved a perfect backing band for the star Brazilian singer The Stan Getz Quartet of 1964-66 was a particularly sparky little outfit, ...

French jazz organist Eddy Louiss, who played in the Stan Getz quartet in the early 1970s, died Tuesday in a hospital in central western France. He was 74. By Colin Stutz French jazz organist Eddy ...

There's nothing dated about a new 2-disc album that revisits Getz's 1961 nightclub recording at New York's Village Gate. Listening to it now, it's hard to overstate what a terrific tenor he was. This ...

Is now available at Wolfgang's Vault. That means sets from Mose Allison, the Thelonious Monk quartet, the Stan Getz quartet, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Count Basie Orchestra and Joe Williams (but not ...

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Stan Getz was a study in contrasts. A man with an unsurpassed talent for melodic beauty and understated musical elegance, he none-the-less fought viciously with his personal demons. Addicted to heroin ...

There's nothing dated about a new 2-disc album that revisits Getz's 1961 nightclub recording at New York's Village Gate. Listening to it now, it's... Saxophonist Stan Getz Delivers A Barrelful Of ...