Stan Getz: Focus (verve)

Stan Getz - Ultimate Stan Getz (2019) Music

Posted by varrock at March 22, 2019

Stan Getz - Ultimate Stan Getz (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 336 MB | Tracks: 12 | 73:04 min
Style: Jazz | Label: Verve Reissues

Verve's Ultimate series lets the professionals do the picking. In the case of Ultimate Stan Getz, tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson selected the cuts that fill this 12-track sampler of Getz delicacies. Roughly spanning the latter '50s to the late '60s, the disc takes in Getz's work with Oscar Peterson, arranger Eddie Sauter ("Once Upon a Time" from the Focus album), and Dizzy Gillespie ("Siboney, Pt. 2"), as well as the obligatory bossa cut ("Desafinado"). There are also some fine sides from his early West Coast sessions ("S-H-I-N-E") and 1967's stellar date with Chick Corea, Sweet Rain ("Con Alma"). A solid and unique Getz roundup.

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The Stan Getz Quartet - Getz At The Gate: Live at the Village Gate, Nov. 26, 1961 (2019) Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 26, 2020

The Stan Getz Quartet - Getz At The Gate: Live at the Village Gate, Nov. 26, 1961 (2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 946 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 319 Mb | 02:19:13
Jazz, Cool Jazz | Label: Verve Records, Universal Music

In November 1961, tenor sax titan Stan Getz was leading one of his best yet shortest-lived lineups, with pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist John Neves, and drummer Roy Haynes. The previously unreleased Getz at the Gate showcases this group at peak power on the bandstand. In sound quality, it far exceeds Live at Birdland 1961, which captures nearly the same band (with Jimmy Garrison on bass) on many of the same tunes, earlier in the same month.

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The New Stan Getz Quartet Featuring Astrud Gilberto - Getz Au Go Go (1964/2007) (Repost) Music

Posted by Domestos at March 9, 2018

The New Stan Getz Quartet Featuring Astrud Gilberto - Getz Au Go Go (1964/2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 219.49 Mb | 39:13 | Scans included
Cool, Bossa Nova, Vocal Jazz | Label: Verve - 0602517396876

Although the name Stan Getz (tenor sax) was initially synonymous with the West Coast cool scene during the mid-to-late 1950s, he likewise became a key component in the Bossa Nova craze of the early 1960s. Along with Astrud Gilberto (vocals), Getz scored a genre-defining hit with the "Girl From Ipanema," extracted from the equally lauded Getz/Gilberto (1963).

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Sylvain Rifflet - Re Focus (2017) Music

Posted by Domestos at July 9, 2019

Sylvain Rifflet - Re Focus (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 245.76 Mb + 114.63 Mb (Scans) | 41:45
Contemporary Jazz | Country: France | Label: Verve Records - 576699 9

Focus : plus encore qu’un classique, cet album gravé en 1961 par Stan Getz sur une partition d’Eddie Sauter fait figure de référence absolue dans l’art si délicat de marier soliste de jazz et orchestre à cordes. Depuis l’adolescence, Sylvain Rifflet caressait le rêve un peu fou de suivre l’exemple de son idole, en enregistrant lui aussi « son » Focus. Mais attention : pas question de rejouer l’original à l’identique, exercice fatalement voué à la stérilité.

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Sylvain Rifflet - Refocus (2017) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 15, 2017

Ever since he was a teenager and his discovery of Stan Getz‘ legendary album Focus, Sylvain Rifflet had dreams of making a record that would revisit the same format, and give new impetus to the saxophonist’s very successful blend of classics and jazz. It was an ambitious project, but also an opportunity which Verve has now provided.

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Sylvain Rifflet - Refocus (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 15, 2017

Sylvain Rifflet - Refocus (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 41:40 minutes | 887 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

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Astrud Gilberto - Great Women Of Song: Astrud Gilberto (2023) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 26, 2023

Even in her native Brazil, Astrud Gilberto was a virtual unknown before she interpreted the bossa nova "The Girl From Ipanema" in 1964 with her cool, breathy voice and made it a world hit. Her unobtrusive, but at the same time magically attractive performance style is the focus of this new compilation. In her own unmistakable style, she interprets not only bossa novas, but also pop hits of the 1960s and 70s as well as jazz standards.

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Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Sings The Winners (1958) {Japanese Re-Issue} Music

Posted by ruskaval at March 5, 2017

Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day Sings The Winners (1958) {Japanese Re-Issue}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 215 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 86 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 11 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1958, 1989 Polydor / Verve | J25J 25138
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Big Band

For this 1958 LP, Anita O'Day sings standards associated with other musicians, including "Four" (Miles Davis), "Early Autumn" (Stan Getz), "Four Brothers" (Woody Herman), "Sing, Sing, Sing" (Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa) and "Peanut Vendor" (Stan Kenton). Some of the material is unusual for a singer to interpret, but O'Day, one of the top jazz vocalists of the decade, improvises when the lyrics are not that strong (or barely exist). The backup by the Russ Garcia Orchestra is not all that memorable, but the focus is entirely on the vocalist, and O'Day really comes through.

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