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, ...

Stan Getz and Cal Tjader were two of the younger superstars of jazz when they decided to record an album together during 1958. Stan Getz (1927-1991) is remembered as one of the premier jazz ...

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 ...

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (1927-1991) is one of the most important jazz stylists of the last century. Schooled in the '40s big bands of Teagarden, Kenton, and others, Getz first rose to prominence ...

Bob Kenselaar's Jazz in the Aquarian Age column continues at AAJ with an unearthed 1979 interview with tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. “The music that Stan Getz made over the years was consistently ...

In a vivid performance marked by aesthetic panache and stellar musicianship, tenor saxophonist Alex Chilowicz teamed with members of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra to ...

Three Excellent Audiophile-Worthy Vintage Jazz Reissues From Universal Music, Verve Records & Acoustic Sounds Feature Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson w/ Bill Evans Three ...

Getz/Gilberto gets a stunning SACD upgrade via Jamie Howarth’s Plangent Process and Bernie Grundman’s analog-to-DSD cut. Hear this jazz classic reissue like never before. Some readers here may recall ...

Bossa nova, the Brazilian dance, swept the United States in the 1960s. Stan Getz was at the forefront of the movement, along with Antonio Carlos... Stan Getz: 'Getz/Gilberto' [MUSIC] A.B. SPELLMAN, ...

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 ...

run. Steve Getz, son of venerable tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, who died in 1981, opened Williamsburg’s first jazz club on Oct. pulled out of the deal. "The reason [the club closed] is a lack of ...