Stan Getz | |
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| Birth name | Stanley Gayetzky |
| Also known as | "The Sound" |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Bossa Nova West Coast Jazz Cool Jazz Post bop Hard bop |
| Occupation | Saxophone player |
| Instrument | Tenor saxophone |
| Labels | Prestige Records Roost Records Norgran Records Verve Records Koch Jazz Columbia Records SteepleChase Concord Jazz Emarcy Records Gazell Records |
Stan Getz (February 2 1927—June 6 1991), born Stanley Gayetzky, was a tenor saxophone player who first enjoyed stardom as a member of Woody Herman's Second Herd (often nicknamed The Four Brothers) from 1947 to 1949. Before joining Herman's orchestra, Getz had toured with Jack Teagarden and worked in the bands of Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey and Benny Goodman.
Getz is probably best known for his work on 1963's Getz/Gilberto, a bossa nova album that included Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto and Tom Jobim. The recording, which includes songs like 'Desafinado' and 'The Girl from Ipanema', is "among the most famous jazz albums ever."[1] Already established as a bossa nova player by collaborating with Charlie Byrd on the album Jazz Samba, Getz went on to record several other bossa nova albums before interest in such recordings died down in the late 1960s.[2]