Dynasty

Stan Getz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000479H
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dum! Dum! Dum!

2. Ballad For Leo

3. Our King Of Sabi

4. Mona

Disc: 2

1. Theme For Emmanuel

2. Invitation

3. Ballad For My Dad

4. Song For Martine

5. Dynasty

6. I Remember Clifford

Editorial Reviews

This unique live performance from '71 finds Getz in a quartet with organ, guitar and drums. That stripped-down setting brings out the best in Stan and his sax; follow their journey across 2 CDs as the band plays Invitation; Dum Dum Dum; Mona; Dynasty; Ballad for My Dad , and more! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Shame to be out of print-Getz with an Organ-Guitar-Drums trio, February 8, 2006

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Phasedin (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynasty (Audio CD)

With all of the Stan Gtez recordinds that ARE in print, it's always a shame when you come across one that's pretty unique in an artists's cannon that is not available to the public.
I'm no Getz expert but I do know he didn't record in this format very often, especially when one sees almost no standards are in this recording. And the results are quite good. I can't imagine any fan or collector of Getz' works NOT having this one to be honest.
Recorded at Ronnie Scott's Club in London on 3 days in March 1971, the band consists of Getz-Tenor Sax along with a trio of Eddy Louiss on Organ, Electric Guitarist Rene Thomas, and Drummer Bernard Lubat.
None of the tunes will be familar here except for Benny Golson's "I Remember Clifford". The rest of the tracks are mostly originals by Eddy Louiss or Rene Thomas with one track each from outside composers Albert Mangelsdorf and Bronislau Kaper-both of whom i believe to be European Jazz musicians themselves (I do know of Mangelsdorf's work anyway).
The recording quality is quite good and Getz (and indeed the entire band) seem to really be having fun. What more could you want?
Personally I think there are too few recordins of jazz organ out there anyway-especially ones which aren't completley based on blues. So this one really does the trick for me-as much for the wonderful band as for Getz himself..
If it comes into print again, do try and pick it up!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique Quartet, February 11, 2008

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James E. Scalise "Cy Green" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dynasty (Audio CD)

I'm going to take this up a notch from the previous review. When I bought this in 1971, I thought it was the best quartet date Getz ever did, including 'Sweet Rain." This guy never stood still or rested on his laurels. Like Miles, he was constantly searching and surrounding himself with great sidemen. They both seem to seek perfection everytime out.
Get the picture ... Miles had drastically changed. Coltrane and Wes were gone. Fusion was looming large. Rock had peaked. Many jazz mainstays were putting out 'pop' jazz.
The 60's had been saturated with organ jazz, but Stan had never used an organ in any of his groups. This was new for him and he meets the challenge well. If Miles himself had guested with this group on this afternoon at Ronnie Scott's making it a quintet, it might have put this recording into super status. But, it's great anyway! Take "SABI" for an example. The group really dip in and stretch out. GETZ'S second entrance on this reaches sublime creativity. Rolling like a steamroller with endless ideas that culminate into an utter and sheer beautiful sadness. The supporting trio members are fantastic. This recording probably never got much radio play due to the extended cuts, but it's a real sleeper (as in keeper.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous album, March 15, 2009

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Long-time jazz guy (Central Coast CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dynasty (Audio CD)

I've had this album since it came out on LP, and I grabbed the CD version the first time I saw it. This is one of the great Stan Getz recordings. René Thomas is a wonderful guitarist (Sonny Rollins thought he was one of the best), Bernard Lubat acquits himself admirably, and Eddy Louiss is simply one of my favorite organists, a master player. With all due respect to the person who dismissed this album because of the organ, you've really missed something. "Our Kind of Sabi" is incredible. The quartet ranges from burning ferocity to a graceful fragility and carries it all off beautifully. Don't miss this one. There's even a bonus track on the CD, "I Remember Clifford."