Live at Montmartre (Stan Getz album)

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Live at Montmartre
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Live album by
Released1977
RecordedJanuary 28, 29 & 30, 1977
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length55:07
Label SteepleChase
SCS-1073/74
Producer Nils Winther
Stan Getz chronology
Moments in Time
(1976)
Live at Montmartre
(1977)
Another World
(1977)

Live at Montmartre (also released as Stan's Party) is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1977 and released on the SteepleChase label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden said that "All of the musicians are in top form throughout... This is an excellent outing that belongs in every Stan Getz fan's collection." [2]

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Morning Star" (Rodgers Grant) – 12:51
  2. "Lady Sings the Blues" (Alec Wilder) – 7:59
  3. "Cançao do Sol" (Milton Nascimento) – 8:46
  4. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:43
  5. "Stan's Blues" (Stan Getz) – 8:06
  6. "La Fiesta" (Chick Corea) – 8:58 Bonus track on CD reissue

Disc Two

  1. "Infant Eyes" (Wayne Shorter) – 6:37
  2. "Lester Left Town" (Shorter) – 13:25
  3. "Eiderdown" (Steve Swallow) – 12:26
  4. "Blues for Dorte" (Getz) – 8:22
  5. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 18:16 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 25, 2016
  2. 1 2 Collar, Matt. Stan's Party – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 546. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.