Stan Getz Quintet ‎– The Complete Interpretations Sessions

• 2 CDS SET

• INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

• 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presnets the complete sessions that produced the classic albums “Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet” (Norgran MGN 1000), Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #2 (Norgran MGN 1008), and “Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #3” (Norgran MGN 1029). The three LPs (issued as 10-inch discs) featured the splendid quintet with Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer in the frontline, plus John Williams at the piano. All existing alternate takes and extra songs from the sessions are included here, as well as a four-tune date by a similar formation recorded during the same period, and a single track on which Brookmeyer is replaced by trumpeter Tony Fruscella.

PERSONNEL:

• STAN GETZ, tenor saxophone
• BOB BROOKMEYER, valve trombone
• JOHN WILLIAMS, piano
• TEDDY KOTICK, bass (on CD1 & CD2, 1)
• BILL ANTHONY, bass (on CD2, 2-8)
• FRANK ISOLA, drums

• All tracks recorded in Los Angeles, California.
• CD 1 [1-3] & [13]; CD2 [1]: July 27, 1953.
• CD 1 [4] & [7-8]: August 15, 1953.
• CD 1 [5-6] & [9-12]: August 22, 1953.
• CD 2 [2-8]: November 9, 1954.

• CD 2 [9-13] BONUS TRACKS (*)
• (9-12): Same personnel as above except Bill Crow (b) and Al Levitt (d).
• New York, April 16, 1953.
• (13): Same personnel as CD 2 [2-8], except Tony Fruscella (tp) replaces Brookmeyer.
• Los Angeles, January 31, 1955

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (78:18)
• 01 LOVE AND THE WEATHER
• 02 SPRING IS HERE
• 03 CRAZY RHYTHM
• 04 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 05 THE NEARNESS OF YOU
• 06 POT LUCK
• 07 MINOR BLUES
• 08 FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM
• 09 I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
• 10 TANGERINE
• 11 POT LUCK [single version]
• 12 IT DON’T MEAN A THING [alternate version]
• 13 IT DON’T MEAN A THING

• CD TWO: (79:31)
• 01 THE VARSITY DRAG
• 02 GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
• 03 OH, JANE SNAVELY
• 04 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
• 05 WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN [EP version]
• 06 WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN [LP version]
• 07 FEATHER MERCHANT
• 08 FLAMINGO
• 09 HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES? (*)
• 10 ERUDITION (*)
• 11 COOL MIX (*)
• 12 RUSTIC HOP (*)
• 13 ROUND UP TIME (*)

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