Blue Skies

Stan Getz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 30, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006P1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,568 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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jazz cd - post bop 1970's by stan getz in quartet

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More great late-period Getz, December 19, 2004

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Jan P. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Skies (Audio CD)

What was Concord thinking? They sat on this disc for 13, as in THIRTEEN, years. Recorded in 1982 and not released until 1995, this ranks as one of Getz's finest recordings. All the trademark Getz pleasures reside within its grooves: the burnished tone; beauty sans sentimentality; ravishing lyricism (certainly one of his most lyrical discs ever); brilliant group interplay. Indeed, this is one of his very best bands. Jim McNeely, a pianist who has never received his due, seems the perfect partner for Getz. His solo on "Antigny," moving effortlessly and beguilingly between the classical and jazz worlds, simply astounds. And he can get downright bloozy, as well (check out his solo on "Easy Living"). Marc Johnson, who played in Bill Evans's last trio, lends both grit and fluidity, as well as a charming modernism, to the proceedings. Billy Hart, a drummer of both huge accomplishment and consummate taste, complements the other players magnificently. If falling just short of the Barron/Mraz/Lewis configuration on Bossas and Ballads, this is nevertheless one of the finer units to every play jazz together.

If ever a disc deserved five stars, it is this one.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stylish Graceful and Sophisticated, September 19, 2001

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Gijs Elsen (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue Skies (Audio CD)

Getz was already the grand old man of the tenor saxophone when he recorded this. His sound is beautiful and still unmistakable Stan. He's got nothing to prove and plays with a superior grace. Fair to say, after all these years, there are few surprises, but who needs them when he plays like this! The recording quality is excellent, the band plays superb and in particular Jim McNeely's piano playing is a delight (check out his solo on Antigny). It makes this "late evening-red wine-and-candellight" disc even more worthwhile

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stan's midnight Ballads - get it while you can, August 7, 1998

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rash67 (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Skies (Audio CD)

One of my all time favorite Getz albums, for what that's worth.
Very high on the list!

"Antigny" is VERY sad, like an eligy. "Spring is Here" is melancholy and wistful but played with an inner peace. "Easy Living" is warm. "There we go" is the only complex upbeat tune. The title track is playful.

This is the ballad half of the "Pure Getz" concert (I think this is the much better half, despite it's delayed release). Mostly Standards Getz meshes well with other players in the band. Ensemble playing is as close to perfect as it gets. With a sense of effortless lightness.

ROMANTIC, Smoky, Lyrical, Blue fog notes. Good for late night listening. Lyrical and melancholy.

These Concord albums are rapidly going out of stock. Buy it while you can!!!

Excellent recording quality. Highest recommendation! One of Stan's best posthumous releases. Wish I could change rating to 5 stars (or more).