Stan Getz - The Steamer 1957 / 2011 torrent

The Stan Getz Quartet

The Steamer

1957


CD / 2011 / 320Kbps


Tracklist:

1 Blues For Mary Jane
2 There'll Never Be Another You
3 You're Blasé
4 Too Close For Comfort
5 Like Someone In Love
6 How About You?


Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA on November 24th, 1957


Personnel:
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone)
Lou Levy (piano)
Leroy Vinnegar (bass)
Stan Levey (drums)



It doesn't happen too often, but there are times when the title of a jazz album and the material within interface perfectly. Hence The Steamer, where Stan Getz joined forces with a super West Coast-based rhythm section to produce some truly steaming music.

"Blues for Mary Jane" is remarkable; for all of the straight-ahead heat generated by the rhythm section, Getz is incredibly relaxed, poised, and always under control while still managing to swing like mad. In other words, the style that he was able to carry over to his bossa nova adventures in the following decade is right here, ready to go. There is also room for the Getz-ballad manner on "You're Blase," and "Like Someone in Love" combines a leisurely swinging tempo with Getz's natural warmth.

From the evidence of these sessions alone, not to mention countless others, the team of bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Stan Levey ought to be anointed as one of the greatest rhythm sections in jazz history, and sure-fingered pianist Lou Levy benefits from their finesse and drive.


The Steamer, 1957 from The Cool Sound of Stan Getz, 2011


Straight, no chaser.
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