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About me:: Musician, Tenor Sax, Bronx Born. New Stan & Brother
Bob from the old Bronx area. I lived on Longfellow Ave.
Stan lived on Midford Pl, just a few block away. Stan was my Idol. His sound would make you cry at times. I still listen to his music and I try to copy his sound as best I could. At my age it's not to easy anymore. I first met Stan, his first wife Beverly and his father at the Bill Shiener music studio when I was 14yrs old. That's something I will always remember.

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In 1952 Stan Getz did a live recording of a tune he wrote called "SWEETIE PIE" in one of the jazz clubs in NYC. and I believe it's the only one he did on this tune. What I'm looking for is the chord structure on it. It sounds like a combination of Honeysuckle Rose and another tune like "SWEET SUE"on the bridge. Stan really swings on this one. Give me a buzz if anybody has some info on this song. Thank's and stay well.

Ray

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Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:47am — 2 Comments

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At 9:09pm on May 16, 2009, Bev Getz said…: Hi Ray! Great to see you here!! Sooooo glad you joined! Welcome!
hugs,
Bev
xo

At 4:00pm on January 8, 2010, Richard Ransom said…: welcome aboard Ray, it is always cool to meet fellow musicians, and Stan Lovers. Not sure if you are into old out of print LP's but if are I do have a Blog Site all about sharing them as MP3's it is my way of keeping the music alive..a href="http://oldhippierick.blogspot.com/">http://oldhippierick.blogspot.com/ > Jazz and Blues All Day ;-) have a nice day Rick

At 10:54am on December 14, 2010, jim wellen said…: Hello Ray

Nice to see you on this list of Stan's admirers. I have a question for you. I've played Stan's "Hershey Bar" many times, and I know that I'm playing extended changes that come from some old standard. So, what is the tune that "Hershey Bar" is based on?

Thanks,

Jim

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