Anniversary!

{{Short description|Live album by saxophonist Stan Getz}}

{{for|albums with similar names|Anniversary (disambiguation)#Music}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Anniversary!

| type = Live album

| artist = Stan Getz

| cover = Anniversary! (Stan Getz album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1989

| recorded = July 6, 1987

| venue = Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 69:45

| label = EmArcy
838 769-2

| producer = Ib Skovgaard

| chronology = Stan Getz

| prev_title = Voyage

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Serenity

| next_year = 1987

}}

Anniversary! is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1987 and released on the EmArcy label in 1989.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stan-getz/catalog/#emarcy-838-769-2 Stan Getz Catalog], accessed August 5, 2016

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=547}}

}}

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said "This enjoyable set (mostly lengthy versions of standards) finds the veteran tenor still very much in his prime".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000203421 |title=Anniversary – Review |accessdate=August 5, 2016}}

Track listing

  1. "El Cahon" (Johnny Mandel) - 13:18
  2. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 11:27
  3. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 12:33
  4. "Stan's Blues" (Gigi Gryce) - 10:22
  5. "I Thought About You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer) - 8:20 Bonus track on CD
  6. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 9:43 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Blood Count" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:02 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

References