| Cool Velvet | ||||
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| Released | Mid November 1960 [1] | |||
| Recorded | March 1960 Baden-Baden, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve MGV 8379 | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Cool Velvet is a studio album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded and released in 1960 on Verve Records. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [3] |
| Allmusic | [4] |
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