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Stan Getz
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Saxophonists · 1927–1991

Stan Getz

American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)

Born
2 February 1927
Philadelphia
Died
6 June 1991
Malibu
Country
United States
Active
1943–1991
Record labels
Roost Records
Discography
119 albums

Biography

Stan Getz was a jazz musician who played saxophone and tenor saxophone. Stan Getz was born on 2 February 1927 in Philadelphia and died on 6 June 1991 in Malibu. The music is usually filed under jazz and bebop. Record labels: Roost Records. The discography here lists 119 albums, from “Split Kick” (1954) to “City Nights” (2025). Honours include Grammy Award for Album of the Year (1965), Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1965) and Latin Grammy Hall of Fame (2001).

Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema".

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Split Kick 1954 · Royal Roost Hamp and Getz 1955 Stan Getz at The Shrine 1955 · Live · Norgran Records West Coast Jazz 1955 · Norgran Records In Stockholm 1956 · Live · Verve Moonlight in Vermont 1956 · Roost The Brothers 1956 · Original Jazz Classics For Musicians Only 1957 · Verve Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at The Opera House 1957 · Live · Verve Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio 1957 · Verve Getz-Tjader Sextet 1958 · Fantasy Sittin' In 1958 · Verve Stan Getz Quartets 1959 · New Jazz Cool Velvet 1961 · Verve Focus 1961 · Verve Recorded Fall 1961 1961 · Verve
At Storyville Vol. 2 1962
Big Band Bossa Nova 1962 · Verve Jazz Samba 1962 · Verve Jazz Samba Encore! 1963 · Verve Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida 1963 · Verve Getz / Gilberto 1964 · Verve Interpretations 1965 · Music for Pleasure Getz/Gilberto #2 1966 · Live · Verve In Paris Live 1967 · Live · Verve Sweet Rain 1967 · Verve Voices 1967 · Verve Stan Getz & Bill Evans 1973 · Verve Captain Marvel 1975 · Verve Records, Inc. The Best of Two Worlds 1976 · Columbia Children of the World 1978 · Columbia
Forest Eyes 1980
Live At Midem '80 1980 · Live · RCA Line for Lyons 1984 · Live · Sonet Voyage 1986 · Blackhawk Records
A Song After Sundown (Stan Getz With Arthur Fiedler At Tanglewood) 1987
Stan Getz Plays 1988 · Verve The Lyrical Stan Getz 1988 · Columbia The Sound of Jazz 1988 · Cleo Anniversary! 1989 · Live · EmArcy Dynasty 1989 · Live · Verve The Getz-Gilberto Story 1989 · Deja Vu Apasionado 1990 · A&M Records At Storyville, Volumes 1 & 2 1990 · Roulette Jazz Billy Highstreet Samba 1990 · EmArcy Hamp and Getz 1990 · Verve Stan Getz With Cal Tjader 1990 · JVC Stan Getz meets João & Astrud Gilberto 1990 · Giants of Jazz Records The Master 1990 · CBS Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi‐Fi 1991 · Verve
Live at Storyville, Boston 28 October 1951 1991 · Live
Opus de Bop 1991 · Savoy Jazz Scandinavian Days 1991 · Fresh Sound Records Serenity 1991 · Live Another World 1992 · Columbia Double Exposure 1992 · LRC Ltd. L.A. Get-Together! 1992 · Fresh Sound Records
People Time 1992 · Live
Prezervation 1992 · Original Jazz Classics Spring Is Here 1992 · Bellaphon Sweetie Pie 1992 · Philology Nature Boy 1993 · Jazz Hour Samba & Bossa Nova 1993 · Giants of Jazz Stan Getz Featuring Joao & Astrud Gilberto 1993 · Jazz Portraits The Carnegie Hall Concert 1993 · Live · Jazz Door Nobody Else But Me 1994 · PolyGram Stan Getz 1994 · EMI The Peacocks 1994 · Columbia Blue Skies 1995 · Concord Jazz
Tonight In Paris 1995
Stan Meets Chet 1996 · Verve In Concert 1997 · CMA Music Production Jazz 'Round Midnight: Bossa Nova 1998 · PolyGram Music from the Sound Track of "Mickey One" 1998 · Verve Ultimate Stan Getz 1998 · Verve What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Bacharach and David 1998 · Verve by Request Imported From Europe 1999 · Verve Live 1999 Pennies From Heaven 1999 · Jazz Time The Steamer 1999 · Verve Award Winner 2000 · Verve Cool Bebop 2000 · EPM Musique Sweet Rain 2000 · Live · West Wind Poetry 2001 · Blue Note
The Best of Stan Getz 2001
Café Montmartre 2002 · Universal Music France I Grandi Del Jazz - Stan Gets & The Oscar Peterson Trio 2002 · RCS Quotidiani S.p.A. Stan Getz Plays 2002 · Verve Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds 2002 · Verve Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions 2003 · A&M Records Complete Studio Sessions 2003 · Definitive Records Didn't We 2003 · Verve Reissues Reflections 2003 · Verve The Other Side of Stan Getz 2004 · Universal Music Korea The Other Side of Stan Getz 2004 · Universal Music Korea Jazz in Paris: Communications '72 2007 · Gitanes Jazz Productions Tangerine 2007 · Dreyfus Jazz Jazz Giants '58 2008 · Lone Hill Jazz
People Time: The Complete Recordings 2009 · Live
Mort d'un pourri 2011 · Warner Chappell Music France Stan Getz at Nalen 2011 · Riverside Records The Essential Stan Getz: The Columbia Years 2013
Big Band Bossa Nova 2014
Getz/Gilberto '76 2016 · Live · 2xHD Moments In Time 2016 · 2xHD Getz Meets Mulligan In Hifi 2018 · Factory of Sounds Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan / Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio 2020 · Verve Reissues The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert 2024 · SteepleChase City Nights 2025 '57 · MatchBall records Academy of Jazz · Jazz View Chamber Music
Chamber Music + For Musicians Only
Jazz 'Round Midnight · Gitanes Jazz
Jazz en Buenos Aires
Round Midnight in Paris
Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio + Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi Fi
The Girl From Ipanema
The Special Magic of Stan Getz & Burt Bacharach · Verve

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Albums where Stan Getz is credited as a sideman

1955 Diz and Getz — Diz and Getz tenor saxophone
1955 The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 1 — Benny Goodman tenor saxophone, reeds
1957 Like Someone in Love — Ella Fitzgerald saxophone
1957 Nothing but the Blues — Herb Ellis tenor saxophone
1981 Hollywood Palladium 1948 — Woody Herman tenor saxophone
1987 Brasil — The Manhattan Transfer tenor saxophone
1989 Just Friends — Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz tenor saxophone
1991 You Gotta Pay the Band — Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz tenor saxophone
1994 Romeo Is Bleeding — Mark Isham tenor saxophone
1998 Gershwin Jazz — George Gershwin performer
1999 In Hollywood — Stan Kenton tenor saxophone
2001 Jazz Seen — Till Brönner saxophone, tenor saxophone
2010 Birth Of The Bossa! — Antônio Carlos Jobim tenor saxophone
2010 European Windows — John Lewis tenor saxophone
2016 In Denmark 1959-1960 — Oscar Pettiford & Jan Johansson tenor saxophone
— The Lighter Side of Stan Kenton — Stan Kenton tenor saxophone

Analysed solos by Stan Getz

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • Bopcycle Stan Getz Quartet · Stan Getz · Jimmy Rainey · Al Haig · Chas. Perry… · 1948 archive.org ↗
  • Frosty Stan Getz Orchestra · Stan Getz · Jimmy Rainey · Al Haig · Chas… · 1948 archive.org ↗
  • DIAPER PIN STAN GETZ QUARTET · Al Haig · Clyde Lombardi · Charlie Perry · Jimmy… · 1948 archive.org ↗
  • PARDON MY BOP STAN GETZ QUARTET · Al Haig · Clyde Lombardi · Charlie Perry · Jimmy… · 1948 archive.org ↗
  • T And S Terry Gibbs' New Jazz Stars · Gibbs · Rogers · Stan Getz · Earl… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Relaxing with Garrity Stan Getz Tenor Sax Stars · Allen Eager · Al Cohn · Zoot Sims · Stan… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • Terry's Tune Terry Gibbs' New Jazz Stars · Gibbs · Rogers · Stan Getz · Earl… · 1949 archive.org ↗
  • PINHEAD Stan Getz · Al Haig · Chas Perry · Jimmy Rainey · Clyde Lombardi · 1950 archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Stan Getz play?

Stan Getz is known for playing saxophone and tenor saxophone.

When and where was Stan Getz born?

Stan Getz was born 2 February 1927 in Philadelphia.

What are Stan Getz's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Split Kick (1954), Hamp and Getz (1955), Stan Getz at The Shrine (1955), West Coast Jazz (1955) and In Stockholm (1956).

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