‘Stan Getz is a great bunch of guys’*
Stan Getz was born Stanley Gayetski in 1927 and became one of the most important post-war tenor saxophonists. His music became widely known and his sound became ‘the sound’ of the saxophone for many people after his successful collaboration with Charles Byrd and later Anton Carlos Jobim during the Bossa Nova craze of the 1960’s.
But Getz was no commercial sell-out. He had some serious jazz chops and worked with the likes of Oscar Peterson, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie.
Enjoy the video, the playlists and share some Getz with someone today!
*attributed to Zoot Simms