STAN GETZ
STAN GETZ - LIVE AT ZARDI'S 1956 VOL. I - DOUBLE VINYL
DOUBLE VINYL
STAN GETZ
LIVE AT ZARDI'S 1956 VOL. I
68,00€
Record 1
- Sweet Lorraine
- Tickle Toe
- Introduction by Stan Getz
- Untitled No. 1 - Take 1
- Little Girl Blue
- Out of Nowhere
- East Of The Sun
Record 2
- The Nearness of You
- Improvisation
- Little Girl Blue - Take 2
- Easy Living
- Whispering
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- Untitled No. 2 - Take 1
4000 Copies
An Elegant Sax on Hollywood Boulevard – Vol. I
On 22 and 27 June 1959, Stan Getz and his quartet gave two legendary concerts in a club on Hollywood Boulevard. Black and white people, Saxophone players, pianists and singers all flocked to play the clubs and their sound resonated round the world from these sun-drenched settings. What drew all these jazz musicians of the time such as Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum, Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and, of course, Stan Getz to these venues? They were escaping the chilly East Coast for both a warmer climate and a more relaxed environment than the tense South. It sustained a musical melting pot encouraged by a governor free of racial prejudice, the Republican Goodwin J. Knight, not to mention a booming labour market and the glamour of the movie industry – in a nutshell, the mythical appeal of the West Coast. Their favourite clubs: the Tiffany, the Haig, and most of all, the celebrated Zardi’s Jazzland, where Getz and his musicians performed these two evenings. The recordings remained unpublished on vinyl until this present edition.
In spring 2025 we came across the original tapes in the suburbs of Chicago. The set list of the two concerts is diverse but the line up is identical, with pianist Lou Levy, brilliantly representing the sound of the West Coast and whose style dovetailed perfectly with Getz’s budding forms of inspiration of that year, Max Bennett was on base and Gary Frommer on drums.
Getz here conveys the gentle atmosphere and cool mood he liked so much. The evening’s voyage concludes with a swinging improvisation that has the members of the audience reaching for the incandescent starry skies of California.
Stan Getz, saxophone
Lou Levy, piano
Max Bennett, bass
Gary Frommer, drums
Ref.: TLR-2504060V
33rpm Lacquer-cuts: Kevin Gray
Photo: © 1958 Jean-Pierre Leloir
1st Edition, hand-numbered: 4000 copies
Tip-on gatefold printed in Italy
Recorded at Zardi's, Los Angeles, USA, on 22.VI.1956
MONO ℗ 1956 Private Collection
Remastered by ℗ & © 2025 THE LOST RECORDINGS from the original analog tapes
180g double-vinyl album
Phoenix Pressings TM
*A 16-bit album download card is included with the vinyl.
"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
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