Serenity (Stan Getz album)

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Serenity
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Live album by
Released1991
RecordedJuly 6, 1987
Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length55:53
Label EmArcy
838 770-2
Producer Ib Skovgaard
Stan Getz chronology
Anniversary!
(1987)
Serenity
(1991)
Yours and Mine
(1996)

Serenity is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1987 and released on the EmArcy label in 1991. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said "From the same sessions that resulted in Anniversary , Stan Getz celebrated his 60th birthday as he had his 50th, with a gig at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen. ...Getz (who only had four years left) plays in peak form, really stretching out... His solo on "I Remember You" is particularly strong". [2]

Track listing

  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" ( Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 13:38
  2. "Voyage" (Kenny Barron) - 12:05
  3. "Falling in Love" (Victor Feldman) - 9:05
  4. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 10:08
  5. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 10:57

Personnel

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References

  1. Stan Getz Catalog, accessed August 5, 2016
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Serenity – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 547. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.