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Vor 5 Tagen · 24 May 2024. The Marquee club next door to the Academy Cinema in Oxford Street, W., has featured a good many distinguished American – and British – jazz musicians in its seven years of existence. Fittingly, on the closing night we heard perhaps the greatest musician yet to be presented at a jazz club in London – Stan Getz.
Vor 18 Stunden · The famous Four Brothers from the Woody Herman band (Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Serge Chaloff and Zoot Sims) all died from the complications of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is not unique to jazz musicians, having been the cause of death in Ludwig van Beethoven (5) and many popular musicians such as Sammy Davis Jr.
Vor 2 Tagen · 2. The historic city of Ghent in East Flanders can stake a strong claim as one of Europe’s jazz capitals. With an abundance of next generation artists collaborating across a variety of formations, its openness to experimentation with electronics and bold use of melody and rhythm is very distinct. Independent label SDBAN Ultra continues to ...
Vor 5 Tagen · In 1991, jazz tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, who helped popularize bossa nova music in North America, died of cancer at his home in Malibu, Calif. He was 64. Getz first gained fame as a member of "The Four Brothers" reed section in "The Woody Herman Band" in the late 1940s. His showcase was the song "Early Autumn." "Jazz Samba," a 1962 album by Getz and guitarist Charlie Byrd, introduced the ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Hamp and Getz is an album by vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and saxophonist Stan Getz recorded in 1955 and first released on the Norgran label. The Billboard review published at the end of December 1955 stated: “Hampton is the stronger spirit of the two, and under his spell, Getz plays a guttier, less inhibited horn than usual.”
Vor 18 Stunden · LaFaro had recorded with Stan Getz, Booker Little, Hampton Hawes and Victor Feldman, among others, and he even took over for his friend and roommate Charlie Haden in Ornette Coleman’s band. But Bromberg’s homage focuses on the work LaFaro did with Evans, making this just as much of a tribute to the late, great pianist. Bromberg was just a promising young bassist in Tuscon when he met and ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Stan Getz, born in 1927, was an iconic American jazz saxophonist known for his smooth tone, lyrical phrasing, and melodic improvisation. Emerging in the 1940s, Getz rose to prominence as one of ...
