I was around 16 or so when Ipanema was on the jukebox. My wife-to-be (5 years later!) had heard several of my Stan albums but, being an Elvis fan, really didn't care for them. We were at coffee shop, the type that had the jukebox controls at each table. I selected Ipanema and it really changed her mind as to the beauty of Stan's playing. But it is an important part of Stan's career and should be in everyone's library.

The track that really getz me listening to it over and over again is 'Blue Getz Blues'. I first heard it on a (combined) sax and trumpet CD and it kinda' made a lasting impression on me..

I was in the Army stationed in Augsburg Germany in 1960 and on a spring afternoon I heard these notes of beauty that I as a 19 yr. old had never heard before, so I followed the sounds down the hall of our barracks to a Sgt.'s room and stood outside his room in the hallway and when he seen me he invited me in to listen, and I asked who and what I was listening to and it was Stan's album of  Getz au gogo, that was my introduction to jazz and Stan Getz and I fell in love with both and to this day I listen to a lot of smooth jazz  on cd and radio I have yet to find anyone like Stan and his sound, it is him like no other, his and his alone, unmistakeable and unforgetable!

  The Oklahoma Redman