Spring Is Here (album)

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Spring Is Here
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Live album by
Released1992
RecordedMay 10, 1981
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California
Genre Jazz
Length50:28
Label Concord Jazz
CCD 4500
Producer Carl Jefferson
Stan Getz chronology
The Dolphin
(1981)
Spring Is Here
(1992)
Billy Highstreet Samba
(1981)

Spring Is Here is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at Keystone Korner in 1981 and released on the Concord Jazz label in 1992. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said the album featured "Getz's tone and strong improvising skills at their best". [3]

Track listing

  1. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 10:08
  2. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) - 5:32
  3. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 6:51
  4. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:34
  5. "Old Devil Moon" (Lane, Yip Harburg) - 10:18
  6. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 6:41
  7. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:46

Personnel

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References

  1. Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 26, 2016
  2. Stan Getz discography: 1980's, accessed July 26, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Spring Is Here – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (5th ed.). Penguin. p. 565. ISBN   0-14-051452-X.