Getz For Lovers

Performer: Stan Getz
Artist: Herbie Hancock; Bill Evans; Astrud Gilberto; Ron Carter; Antonio Carlos Jobim; Jim Hall; Gary Burton; Elvin Jones
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Richard Evans, Claus Ogerman (arranger, conductor); Astrud Gilberto (vocals); Jerome Richardson (winds); Jimmy Buffington (French hornn); Sidney Edwards, Lew Eley, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman (violin); Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro (cello); Gary Burton, George Devens (vibraphone); Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Oscar Peterson (piano); Kenny Burrell, Joao Gilberto, Jim Hall (guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Candido Camero, Elvin Jones, Grady Tate (drums); Bobby Rosengarden (percussion). Producers include: Creed Taylor, Norman Granz, Esmond Edwards. Compilation producer: Richard Seidel. Principally recorded at A & R, New York, New York; Capitol, Hollywood, California; Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey between December 12, 1952 and February 14, 1968. Includes liner notes by Al Young. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Astrud Gilberto (vocals); Allen Hanlon, Willard Suyker, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Raney, Kenny Burrell (guitar); Gloria Agostini (harp); Harry Glickman, Lewis Eley, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Dave Mankovitz, Gerald Tarack, Sidney Edwards, Morris Stonzek, Louis Haber, David Nadien, Raoul Poliakin, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Bernard Zaslav (viola); Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro (cello); Jerome Richardson (woodwinds); James Buffington (French horn); Duke Jordan, Hank Jones , Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bill Evans (piano); Gary Burton , George Devens, David Carey (vibraphone); Jack Jennings, Frank Isola, Elvin Jones, Grady Tate, Joe Hunt , Milton Banana, Candido Camero (drums); Artie Butler, Bobby Rosengarden (percussion). Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (12/12/1952-02/14/1968); Captiol Studios, Hollywood, CA (12/12/1952-02/14/1968); New York, NY (12/12/1952-02/14/1968); Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (12/12/1952-02/14/1968). Arrangers: Claus Ogerman; Richard Evans . This 15-cut collection of Stan Getz ballads runs the gamut from his early bossa hits with Joao and Astrud Gilberto to his ballad performances with Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, and Jim Hall. These are laid-back, beautifully arranged tracks in superior sound. While it is not a well-rounded collection of Stan Getz material, it is an essential ballads selection. The price is right and the music itself is truly wonderful. A good buy. ~ Thom Jurek

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz possessed a full, luxuriant tone and a highly melodic improvisational sense. Though he produced consistently rewarding music for the duration of his near 50-year career, he achieved the greatest success in the early '60s when he led the American part of the bossa nova explosion. Indeed, this brilliant fusion of jazz and Brazilian rhythms yielded the tune, "The Girl From Ipanema," which became one of the biggest selling jazz records in history.

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