Stan Getz Plays
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stan Getz Plays
| type = Studio
| artist = Stan Getz
| cover = Stan Getz Plays.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1955
| recorded = December 12 & 29, 1952
New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 49:53 CD reissue with bonus tracks
| label = Norgran Records
MGN 1042{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Stan+Getz+Plays+1955&pg=PA2100|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440229169|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Stan Getz
| prev_title = Moonlight in Vermont
| prev_year = 1952
| next_title = West Coast Live
| next_year = 1953
}}
Stan Getz Plays is an album by jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded in 1952 released on the Norgran label in 1955.[http://www.stangetz.net/discography.html Stan Getz Discography], accessed March 30, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stan-getz/catalog/#norgran-mgn-1042 Norgran Records Catalog: 1000 series], accessed March 30, 2016 The album features tracks that were previously released on two 10-inch LPs on Clef Records (MGC 137 and MGC 143).[http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/clef-records-catalog-the-jazz-scene-jatp-100-500-series/ Clef Records Catalog: The Jazz Scene, JATP, 100, 500 series] accessed March 30, 2016
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is in excellent form playing with one of his finest groups... Although the music does not quite reach the excitement level of the Getz-Raney Storyville session, this music (particularly the ballads) really shows off the tenor's appealing tone."{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000198688 |title=Stan Getz Plays – Review |accessdate=March 30, 2016}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5}}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=544}}
Track listing
- "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 2:41 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) – 2:55 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 3:11 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 3:01 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:54 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 3:14 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins. Mitchell Parish) – 3:21 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "You Turned the Tables on Me" (Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell) – 2:55 Originally released on Clef MGC 137
- "Thanks for the Memory" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:17 Originally released on Clef MGC 143
- "Hymn of the Orient" (Gigi Gryce) – 2:53 Originally released on Clef MGC 143
- "These Foolish Things" (Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) – 3:20 Originally released on Clef MGC 143
Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 1988:
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 2:48 Originally released on Clef MGC 143
- "Nobody Else But Me" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:28 Originally released on Verve MGV 8200
- "Down by the Sycamore Tree" (Traditional) – 3:00 Originally released on Verve MGV 8200
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 2:51 Originally released on MGN 1034
- "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair" (Jack Lawrence, Clara Edwards) – 3:46 Originally released on MGN 1034
- Recorded in New York City on December 12, 1952 (tracks 1–8), December 29, 1952 (tracks 9–12) and in Los Angeles, CA on January 23, 1954 (tracks 13–16)
Personnel
- Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Raney – guitar (tracks 1–12)
- Duke Jordan (tracks 1–12), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 13–16) – piano
- Bill Crow (tracks 1–12), Bob Whitlock (tracks 13–16) – bass
- Frank Isola (tracks 1–12), Max Roach (tracks 13–16) – drums