Blog Posts Across Stan Getz Community

There is a video i so desire to add here, but for the life of me...well me thinks me needs help:)) It is one of my favorite Stan Getz favorites...appropro for the moment "I Can't Get Started." Wonderful Saxy sound and excellent video as all are. Now, I have to wonder if I am writing to myself? If this be the case...haaaaa which I would not doubt...well you go girl! You can do this? :) hahaha Well.......just in case another reads this and I… Continue

Stan Getz was a large influence in my tenor playing. Like myself, Stan started playing tenor sax at the age of 13. He, also like myself, had spent up to 8 hours a day practicing his tenor. My music teacher constantly told me "Practice Makes Perfect" later on in school I was taught "No Ones Perfect". Hmmm, confuse a kid, why don't ya. Anyway, What I loved most about Stan was his Sambas and Bossa Novas. He was known for his cool jazz sound, and became popular while playing with Woody Herman and la… Continue

I received an email (below) from a lovely gentleman by the name of Irving Mesher. It seems Irving was a childhood friend of Stan’s and next door neighbor. I do have a very faint memory of hearing about a childhood buddy named "Irv". However, Mr. Mesher was known as "Bob" back then! It seems that Irv is the man responsible for getting Stan playing the sax. Turns out that Stan wanted to play the drums in Irv’s band! (DRUMS!!! OIY!!) But since they already had a drummer, (phew! I mu… Continue