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Stan, in an interview discussing Lester Young's influence.

"He [Lester Young] was the first tenor saxophone player I heard play melodically, to make beautiful melodies. The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it’s still a melody. I never tried to play like Pres, but I so loved his conception of music that maybe some of it seeped into me. It’s supposed to be that way. A lot of people have influenced me. You don’t try to imitate it; you digest it. Because you love it so much, some of it comes out…

After the thirty years or so I’ve been in music, he still comes through as a guy who wasn’t afraid to show what he felt in his playing, instead of hiding his heart under a bunch of hate and a bunch of notes."

Interview regarding the "Focus" album.

"I don’t purposely try to go in a different direction, like some people do. I just have my own idea about music. I want to play it the way I feel it. You can call it whatever you want, but that’s the way I play. I’ve always tried to play exactly what I thought was right… But anybody that comes to hear me knows I’m still playing the same way I always played, with the addition of worthwhile new material."






UPDATE! NEW WEBMASTER! HILDE HEFTE has very graciously taken on the task of designing Stan's web site! AND WHAT A WORK OF ART SHE IS CREATING!! THANK YOU HILDE!! We are SO GRATEFUL!! I know how much time (and headache!) it involves!! Please do stop by and see her wonderful work there!

THANK YOU THOMAS KUSHIN... for taking care and watching over the fort (website!) until Hilde inherited the headache. (-:

Stop by hello to Hilde. Her contributions here are INCALCULABLE!

Thank you Hilde!
Bev




 

The story goes that one day God announced he wished to play a musical instrument and so he choose the tenor saxophone because to him, it sounded closest to the sound of an angelic voice. An angel nearby hearing God suggested he listen to a Stan Getz recording which God did. After listening to a tune or two God declared that he had decided to choose another instrument. When the angel asked God why he had changed his mind God paused, smiled broadly, and answered..."because I have heard the voice of perfection". R.I.P. Stan Michael J. Simonetti May 15, 2009
Stan Getz Web Site, Guest Book Comment

Mr. Simonetti... whoever and wherever you are... This quote of yours is so beautiful. Had to share it! Thank you!
Bev Getz

Interview with Stan from 1951, Sweden. Very Sweet!

Get Your Own Player!

Many thanks to our friends here on the Forum, DENIS & ROGER for sending this to me! Bev *******************************************************************



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Official Stan Getz Homepage

Interview with Stan on NPR, with Terry Gross, 1990.
Get Your Own Player!


Welcome to the new and improved SG forum! Firstly, my sincere apologies to all of you who joined the vbulletin forum on Stan's web page. I hope you will all come and join us here! (By the way... if you are already a member of 'ning', you can simply use your existing login and password to sign in) Stan's site is under new "creative management"! We found that vbulletin was just a tad 'dour'. This network allows for more interaction and freedom to be yourself. Add photos, music, videos, etc. While the site was created to remember/discuss Stan, we openly invite and look forward to all discussions about music, musicians and the like. I only request that we still 'keep it clean"! Remember, there are kids out there that may want to participate. Again, so sorry if this causes any inconvenience. But I do believe that you will all enjoy this new extension of Stan's web site! I would still request that you all please sign in using your name and not a screen name so as to avoid 'spammers'. This will help the administrators and moderators greatly with their task and time! All My Best, Bev P.S. While you can upload whatever music to your own page, please be respectful of copyright!

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A very healing piece of music indeed. I hope the worst of lifes storms are behind you Claire.
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A new one is available: - Stan Getz with Michel Legrand orchestra plays "Now you're gone" - 1972 - 4min 32s This one and "Ghost of a chance" are full length videos. Enjoy...
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Frank Green Stan and Bev Getz brought me here!
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Superbe photo avec Michel LEGRAND, un très très bon compositeur, il a fait de superbes musique de films notamment !!! On les revoit tous deux avec plaisir sur cette vidéo qur tu as mis en ligne pour la décoration "des arts et des lettres"....très ...
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Stan Getz with very long hair, ah, the "seventies"...Happy time !!! I was only a kid !!!
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Cher Pascal, Bravo pour toute la série de photographie que tu as mis en ligne sur ce site, ce ne sont que de très belles et rares photos!! SUPER !!! J'espère que tu vas bien !! Amicalement! Gérard
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Stop by and Welcome BENSON WONG who has recently joined us here on the Forum. Benson was Stan's good friend and helped Stan heal his Spirit the last few years he was with us. You can find a link to Benson's website on his page here on the forum!

"Hey Ben, you were right on the money again! You're the man. Thank you so much."
Stan Getz, CA, Jazz Musician

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claire

Early Autumn 1 Reply

Hi friends - I've gone through some pretty heavy stuff these past couple months. One song that always gets me through is Stan's 60s remake of Early Autumn. It's all in there - love, sadness, beauty...

Started by claire in Celebrating Stan. Last reply by Jerry Taylor Nov 7.

Daniela D'Ercole

Parker 51 13 Replies

Dear Friends, this last days I read two different informatons: the tune "Parker 51" was composed by Stan Getz or by Jimmy Raney? And the album "The greatest of Stan Getz" contains a performance of ...

Started by Daniela D'Ercole in Celebrating Stan. Last reply by marcus wolfe Oct 13.

Denis Ouellet

Rare Stan Getz Recordings and Videos. 85 Replies

I am always on the lookout for rare or hard to find recordings from Stan. This would be a great place to talk about our latest discoveries. Well to start the ball rolling. About a month ago I was ...

Started by Denis Ouellet in Celebrating Stan. Last reply by Denis Ouellet Oct 8.

Blog Posts

Pascal Savelon

Stan Getz on French TV

Very rare videos with Stan Getz are available on the website of INA !!! It's a big surprise !

What is INA ? INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel - National Audio-visual Institute) keeps archives from French public TVs and radios.
TV shows are gradually numerized, these shows can be purchased (by download or on DVD) and very short excerpts can be watched...
Small videos cost 1.50€, bigger videos (1 hour) cost 6€, ...


Currently available videos:
- Stan Getz with Flora Purim - 1… Continue

Posted by Pascal Savelon on November 1, 2009 at 11:04am — 2 Comments

frankeric

NYTimes Oct 18th "The Song Decoders"

Ah, Sunday moring on a beautiful Colorado sunny 70 degree day reading the magazine section. What an interesting artical about the next "new" thing in music, decoding songs. Stan's name is all over the artical. Good reading, even if I don't quite get it.

Posted by frankeric on October 18, 2009 at 12:21pm

Alexis VAN EECKHOUT

"SUN TRAVELS": New Latin-Jazz tune in collab with Roine Sangenberg just posted !

New release from Roine SANGENBERG






Credits:

"COLLABORATION" CD -
All instrument/compositions by Roine Sangenberg
except

"AUTUMN LEAVES, "ROUTE 66"" & "WHEN I FALL IN LOVE" (Live in the Studi
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Posted by Alexis VAN EECKHOUT on October 11, 2009 at 1:30pm

Pascal Savelon

The Sound... and the soundtracks

About three French movies...


### Les Tricheurs (1958 - directed by Marcel Carné)
Miscellaneous groups...

1. Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, acoustic double bass; Gus Johnson, drums; with
(a) Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Stan Getz, tenor sax;
(b) Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax;
(c) Roy Eldridge, trumpet;
(d) Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Sonny Stitt, alto sax.
Recorded on 1st May 1958 in Paris. Four tracks with JATP groups. Stan plays only on "Les Tricheurs".
You c… Continue

Posted by Pascal Savelon on September 26, 2009 at 5:23am — 1 Comment

Richard Ransom

I have 100 songs for all to enjoy........

my page is all about Stan Getz's songs [99 Stan's] [1 of my own] and all 100 are there for all to enjoy and share....

Posted by Richard Ransom on September 17, 2009 at 6:00pm

 
 

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