Sweet Rain

Sweet Rain
Sweet Rain
Studio album by Stan Getz
Released	Last week of July 1967
Recorded	March 21 and 30, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:29
Label	Verve ; V6-8693
Producer	Creed Taylor
Stan Getz chronology

Last updated September 06, 2025

Sweet Rain is a jazz album by Stan Getz, released on the Verve record label in 1967.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states that Sweet Rain is "one of Stan Getz's all-time greatest albums," and "the quartet's level of musicianship remains high on every selection, and the marvelously consistent atmosphere the album evokes places it among Getz's very best. A surefire classic".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

"Litha" (Chick Corea) – 8:30
"O Grande Amor" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) – 4:44
"Sweet Rain" (Mike Gibbs) – 7:12
"Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:06
"Windows" (Corea) – 8:57

Recorded on March 21 (Tracks 1-3) and March 30 (Tracks 4-5), 1967.

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Producer – Creed Taylor
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Cover photograph – Tom Zimmerman
Director of engineering – Val Valentin
Original liner notes – Johnny Magnus

Charts

Chart performance for *Paradise State of Mind*
Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Top LPs (Billboard)^[4]	195
US Jazz LPs (Billboard)^[4]	5

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)^[5]	20

References

↑ Billboard July 22, 1967
1 2 Huey, Steve. "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
1 2 "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
↑ "Lista prodaje 39. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. September 16, 2024. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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[1] Billboard July 22, 1967

[Allmusic-2] 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 20, 2011.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[allmusicawards-4] 1 2 "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 27, 2013.

[5] "Lista prodaje 39. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. September 16, 2024. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

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v t e Chick Corea
Chick Corea discography
As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones (1968) Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968) Circling In (1975) Is (1969) Sundance (1972) The Song of Singing (1970) A.R.C. (1971) (with Dave Holland & Barry Altschul) The Leprechaun (1976) My Spanish Heart (1976) The Mad Hatter (1978) Secret Agent (1978) Friends (1978) Tap Step (1980) Three Quartets (1981) Trio Music (1982) Touchstone (1982) Again and Again (1983) Summer Night: Live (1987) (with Akoustic Band) Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989) (with Akoustic Band) Alive (1991) (with Akoustic Band) Seabreeze (1993) (with Gayle Moran & Lionel Hampton) Time Warp (1995) Remembering Bud Powell (1996) Rendezvous in New York (2003) The Ultimate Adventure (2006) Super Trio - Live at the One World Theatre, April 3rd, 2005 (2006) (with Steve Gadd & Christian McBride) Five Peace Band Live (2009) (with John McLaughlin) Further Explorations (2012) The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra (2012) The Vigil (2013) Trilogy (2013) (with Chick Corea Trio) The Musician: Live at The Blue Note Jazz Café (2016) Chinese Butterfly (2017) (with Steve Gadd) Trilogy 2 (2019)(with Chick Corea Trio) Antidote (2019)
Solo piano albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971) Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1972) Delphi I (1979) Delphi II & III (1980) Children's Songs (1984) Expressions (1994) Solo Piano: Originals (2000) Solo Piano: Standards (2000) Solo Piano – Portraits (2014) Plays (2020)
Duos	An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978) CoreaHancock (1979) Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert (1980) Voyage (1984) [with Steve Kujala] Play (1992) (with Bobby McFerrin) The Enchantment (2007) (with Béla Fleck) Duet (2008) (with Hiromi Uehara) Orvieto (2010) (with Stefano Bollani) Two (2015) [with Béla Fleck]
with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence (1972) Duet (1979) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980) Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) The New Crystal Silence (2008) Hot House (2012)
Circle	Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970) Circle 2: Gathering (1971) Paris Concert (1972) Circling In (1975) Circulus (1978)
with Stanley Clarke	Children of Forever (1973) Journey to Love (1975) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Up (2014)
with Miles Davis	Water Babies (1976) Filles de Kilimanjaro (1969) In a Silent Way (1969) Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (2013) Bitches Brew (1970) Bitches Brew Live (2011) Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West (1977) Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970) Miles at the Fillmore – Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (2014) Jack Johnson (a.k.a. A Tribute to Jack Johnson) (1971) Circle in the Round (1979) Live-Evil (1971) On the Corner (1972) Big Fun (1974)
with Chick Corea Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) Light Years (1987) Eye of the Beholder (1988) Inside Out (1990) Beneath the Mask (1991) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Live from Elario's (The First Gig) (1996) To the Stars (2004) Live in Tokyo 1987 (2017)
with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet (1970) Outback (1971) Skate Board Park (1979)
with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain (1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968) Captain Marvel (1972)
with Joe Henderson	Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979) Mirror Mirror (1980) Joe Henderson: Big Band (1997)
with Hubert Laws	The Laws of Jazz (1964) Flute By-Laws (1966) Laws' Cause (1968) Wild Flower (1972) Family (1980) Blanchard: New Earth Sonata (1985)
with Herbie Mann	Herbie Mann Plays The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) Monday Night at the Village Gate (1966) Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues (1965) Standing Ovation at Newport (1965)
with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Boss Horn (1967)
with Origin	Live at the Blue Note (1998) A Week at The Blue Note (1998) Change (1999) corea.concerto: Spain for Sextet & Orchestra / Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)
with Return to Forever	Return to Forever (1972) Light as a Feather (1973) Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) Where Have I Known You Before (1974) No Mystery (1975) Romantic Warrior (1976) Musicmagic (1977) Live (1978) Returns (2009) Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] (2011) The Mothership Returns (2012)
with Wayne Shorter	Super Nova (1969) Moto Grosso Feio (1974)
with others	Sonny Stitt: Stitt Goes Latin (1963) Dave Pike: Manhattan Latin (1964) Cal Tjader: Soul Burst (1966) Pete La Roca: Turkish Women at the Bath (1967) Donald Byrd: The Creeper (1981) Eric Kloss: To Hear Is to See! (1969) Eric Kloss: Consciousness! (1970) Larry Coryell: Spaces (1970) Sadao Watanabe: Round Trip (1970) Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970) Richard Davis: The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971) Rolf Kühn Jazzgroup: Going to the Rainbow (1971) John Surman: Conflagration (1971) Elvin Jones: Merry-Go-Round (1972) Airto Moreira: Free (1972) Anthony Braxton: The Complete Braxton (1973) Richard Davis: With Understanding (1975) Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family (1977) Ron Carter: Parade (1979) Gábor Szabó: Femme Fatale (1979) Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. (1980) Chaka Khan et al.: Echoes of an Era (1982) Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993) Like Minds (1998) (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland) Herbie Hancock: Gershwin's World (1998) Avishai Cohen: Lyla (2003) Miroslav Vitouš: Universal Syncopations (2003) Antonio Sánchez: Migration (2007) Hans Glawischnig: Panorama (2008)
Compilations	Inner Space (1973) The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)
Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)

v t e Stan Getz
Discography
Studio albums	Moonlight in Vermont (1952) Diz and Getz (1953) Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet (1953) Stan Getz Plays (1955) Hamp and Getz with Lionel Hampton (1955) West Coast Jazz (1955) Stan Getz in Stockholm (1955) For Musicians Only (1956) The Steamer (1956) The Soft Swing (1957) Jazz Giants '58 (1957) Award Winner: Stan Getz (1957) Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio with Oscar Peterson (1957) Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan (1957) Like Someone in Love (1957) Stan Meets Chet with Chet Baker (1958) Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (1958) Imported from Europe (1958) Stan Getz at Large (1960) Cool Velvet (1960) Recorded Fall 1961 (1961) Focus (1962) Jazz Samba (1962) Big Band Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Samba Encore! (1963) Getz/Gilberto (1963) Reflections (1963) Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (1963) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Stan Getz & Bill Evans (1964) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Voices (1966) Sweet Rain (1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968) Didn't We (1969) Marrakesh Express (1969) Change of Scenes with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band (1971) Communications '72 (1972) Captain Marvel (1972) The Best of Two Worlds Featuring João Gilberto (1975) The Master (1975) The Peacocks (1975) Another World (1977) Children of the World (1978) Forest Eyes (1979) Billy Highstreet Samba (1981) Blue Skies (1982) Pure Getz (1982) Poetry with Albert Dailey (1983) Line for Lyons with Chet Baker (1983) Voyage (1986) Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (1989)
Live albums	West Coast Live (1953) Stan Getz at The Shrine (1954) Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House with J. J. Johnson (1957) At the Opera House (1957) Getz Au Go Go (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1964) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1966) The Song Is You (1969) Dynasty (1971) But Beautiful (1974) Getz/Gilberto '76 (1976) Live at Montmartre (aka, Stan's Party, 1977) The Dolphin (1981) Spring Is Here (1981) Stan Getz Quartet Live in Paris (1982) Anniversary! (1987) Serenity (1987)
Compilation albums	Stan Getz Quartets (1955) The Brothers (1956) Conception (1956) Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (1957) Prezervation with Al Haig (1968) The Complete Roost Recordings (1997) People Time: The Complete Recordings (2010)
Soundtracks	Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)