Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds
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{{Infobox album
| name = Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds
| type = Studio
| artist = Stan Getz
| cover = Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = April 16, 1953, January 23 and November 9, 1954 and January 31 and August 19, 1955
Los Angeles, California and New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Verve
MGV 8200
| producer = Norman Granz
| chronology = Stan Getz
| prev_title = West Coast Jazz
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Stan Getz in Stockholm
| next_year = 1955
}}
Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz recorded at five sessions between 1953 and 1955 which was released on the Verve label in 1957.[http://www.stangetz.net/discography.html Stan Getz Discography], accessed March 30, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/stan-getz/catalog/#verve-mgv-8200 Stan Getz Catalog], accessed June 22, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars.{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id= mw0000216099 |title=Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds – Review |accessdate=June 22, 2016}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Disc
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Braff-Larkins volume two is even better |last=Hall |first=Tony |author-link=Tony Hall (music executive) |magazine=Disc |date=26 April 1958 |issue=12 |page=19}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{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=547}}
}}
Track listing
- "Of Thee I Sing" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:07
- "A Handful of Stars" (Jack Lawrence) - 3:17
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:22
- "Serenade in Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:51
- "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson) - 7:30
- "Blue Bells" (Phil Sunkel) - 7:09
- "Roundup Time" (Sunkel) - 7:05
- "Nobody Else But Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 3:33
- "Down by the Sycamore Tree" (Traditional) - 3:02
- "Rustic Hop" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 3:45
- Recorded in New York City on April 16, 1953 (track 10) and January 31, 1955 (tracks 6 & 7), and in Los Angeles, California on January 23, 1954 (tracks 8 & 9) and November 9, 1954 (track 5) and at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California on August 19, 1955 (tracks 1–4).
Personnel
- Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
- Tony Fruscella - trumpet (tracks 6 & 7)
- Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone (tracks 5 & 10)
- Lou Levy (tracks 1–4), Jimmy Rowles (tracks 8, 9), John Williams (tracks 5, 6, 7 & 10) - piano
- Bill Anthony (tracks 5–7), Bill Crow (track 10), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 1–4), Bob Whitlock (tracks 8 & 9) - bass
- Frank Isola (tracks 5–7), Al Levitt (track 10), Shelly Manne (tracks 1–4), Max Roach (tracks 8 & 9) - drums
References
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