Stan Getz – West Coast Jazz (1955)

Norgran – MGN 1032Rec. Date : August 15, 1955Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou LevyTrumpet : Conte Candoli Billboard : 10/15/1955Score of 81 Name power, talent and a display-worthy cover tag this as a leader. Getz and Manne are the big names, of course, tho Candoli too has a following. The new star, comparatively, is Levy, whose

Lionel Hampton / Stan Getz – Hamp and Getz (1955)

Norgran – MGN 1037Rec. Date : August 1, 1955Stream this Album Vibes: Lionel HamptonTenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Leroy VinnegarDrums : Shelly MannePiano : Lou Levy Billboard : 12/31/1955Spotlight on… selection Differently oriented as Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz are in their basic approach to jazz, this first record session of theirs together is surprisingly successful. Hampton is the strong spirit of the

Stan Getz – At The Shrine (1955)

Norgran – MGN 2000Rec. Date : November 8, 1954, November 9, 1954Stream this Album Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Bill AnthonyDrums : Art Mardigan, Frank IsolaPiano : John WilliamsValve Trombone : Bob Brookmeyer Billboard : 04/02/1955Score of 80 With an ambitious concert album like this under his belt, Stan Getz may be said to have gotten the final measure of recognition of

Stan Getz / Zoot Sims / Al Cohn / Allen Eager / Brew Moore – The Brothers (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7022Rec. Dates : April 8, 1949, September 8, 1952 Baritone Sax : Stan GetzBass : Gene Ramey, Percy HeathDrums : Charlie Perry, Art BlakeyPiano : George Wallington, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax : Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims, Stan GetzTrombone : Kai Winding Listening to Prestige : #6Stream this Album Billboard : 03/10/1956Score of 74 Title derives from fact that most of

Various Artists – Conception (1956)

Prestige – PRLP 7013Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, March 15, 1950, March 8, 1951, October 5, 1951 Trumpet : Miles Davis, Don Ferrara, Howard McGhee, Al PorcinoAlto Sax : Lee Konitz, Charlie Kennedy, Jackie McLeanBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Gene Ramey, Chubby Jackson, Tommy Potter, Arnold FishkinDrums : Stan Levey, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art BlakeyGuitar : Billy BauerPiano : Al Haig, Tony Aless, Sal Mosca, Walter Bishop Jr.Tenor Sax

Stan Getz – Quartets (1955)

Prestige – PRLP 7002Rec. Dates : June 21, 1949, January 6, 1950, April 14, 1950 Tenor Sax : Stan GetzBass : Percy Heath, Tommy Potter, Gene RameyDrums : Roy Haynes, Don Lamond, Stan LeveyPiano : Tony Aless, Al Haig Listening to Prestige : #9, #19, #26Stream this Album Liner Notes by Ira Gitler John Lewis, mentor of the Modern Jazz Quartet, likes to refer to the standard tunes