Stan Getz Imported From Europe (CD, Not Now Music, 1958) ***
Genre: Jazz
Places I remember: JB Hi-Fi (Palmy)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: There Will Never Be Another You (The Steamer)
Gear costume: Honeysuckle Rose (Imported From Europe)
Active compensatory factors: This is a two-for CD under the umbrella title 'The Cool Sound Of Stan Getz'. That sums up Stan - absolutely the coolest hep cat out there.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: There Will Never Be Another You (The Steamer)
Gear costume: Honeysuckle Rose (Imported From Europe)
Active compensatory factors: This is a two-for CD under the umbrella title 'The Cool Sound Of Stan Getz'. That sums up Stan - absolutely the coolest hep cat out there.
The two albums present different cool sides to Stan - simple quartet (The Steamer) and a big band version. Imported from Europe was recorded in Sweden with a slew of locals - two additional tenor men, trumpet and trombone join piano/bass/drums.
Whatever the setting, Stan's cool style is unmistakable, but I do prefer the smaller combo with simple piano, bass, drums accompaniment. It simply leaves room for each musician to excel and there is space in the arrangements that these guys just love to occupy.
Nothing wrong with the music on Imported From Europe, it just takes a moment to adjust to the fuller sound.
Where do they all belong? That makes 13 albums so far from Stan in the collection countdown and we're not done yet!
Where do they all belong? That makes 13 albums so far from Stan in the collection countdown and we're not done yet!
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