Stan Getz at Large

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Stan Getz at Large
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Live album by
Released1960
RecordedJanuary 14 & 15, 1960
VenueKildevælds Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
V/V6 8393
Stan Getz chronology
Imported from Europe
(1958)
Stan Getz at Large
(1960)
Cool Velvet
(1960)

Stan Getz at Large is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was released on the Verve label as a 2LP set in 1960 Since both albums ran slightly over 40 minutes a exact 2CD replica with the shown cover art was created without bonus tracks, which were added to a later edition. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The cool-toned tenor swings as hard as usual and the music is quite pleasing". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

LP / CD One
  1. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) - 10:29
  2. "Pammie's Tune" (Stan Getz) - 7:05
  3. "Amour" (Al Cohn) - 5:45
  4. "I Like to Recognize the Tune" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:38
  5. "When the Sun Comes Out" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:38
  6. "Just a Child" (Johnny Mandel) - 3:53
  7. "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 4:16
LP / CD Two
  1. "Cafe Montmartre Blues" (Stan Getz) - 7:59
  2. "He Was Too Good to Me (Rodgers, Hart) - 4:29
  3. "Younger Than Springtime" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) - 5:06
  4. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:36
  5. "Land's End" (Harold Land) - 7:00
  6. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubek) - 6:01
  7. "In the Night" (Traditional) - 5:25
Bonus tracks on later CD edition
  1. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 4:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown) - 6:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "A New Town Is a Blue Town" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 5:11 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Stan Getz Discography, accessed July 5, 2016
  2. Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 5, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Stan Getz at Large – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 545. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.