Stan Getz discography

The recordings of American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz from 1944 to 1991.

Discography[edit]

As leader/co-leader[edit]

1946–49: Opus de Bop (The Savoy Sessions) (Savoy, 1977)
1947: Groovin' High (Modern; Crown, 1956) – live
1949–50: Stan Getz Quartets (Prestige, 1955)
1949–52: The Brothers with Zoot Sims and Al Cohn (Prestige, 1956)
1951: Stan Getz Quintet at Storyville with Jimmy Raney and Al Haig (Roost, 1952)
1951: Stan Getz Quintet at Storyville, Vol. 2 with Jimmy Raney and Al Haig (Roost, 1954)
1951–52: Stan Getz Quintet at Storyville, Vol. 3 with Jimmy Raney and Horace Silver (Roost, 1954)
1951–52: Chamber Music by the Stan Getz Quintet (Roost, 1954)
1951–52: Split Kick (Roost, 1954)
1951–52: The Sound (Roost, 1956)
1951–52: The Greatest (Roost, 1963)
1951–52: The Modern World (Roost, 1964)
1951–52: The Getz Age (Roost, 1964)
1952: Stan Getz Plays (Norgran, 1955) – compiles the 10" LPs Stan Getz Plays (Clef MGC 137) and The Artistry of Stan Getz (Clef MGC 143).
1953: Norman Granz' Jam Session #3 (Clef, 1953)
1953: Norman Granz' Jam Session #4 (Clef, 1953)
1953: Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet (Norgran, 1954)
1953: Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #2 (Norgran, 1954)
1953: Interpretations by the Stan Getz Quintet #3 (Norgran, 1956)
1953: More West Coast Jazz With Stan Getz (Norgran, 1956)
1953: Diz and Getz with Dizzy Gillespie (Norgran, 1955) – compiles the 10" LPs The Dizzy Gillespie–Stan Getz Sextet (Norgran MGN 2) and More of the Dizzy Gillespie–Stan Getz Sextet (Album 2) (Norgran MGN 18).
1953–55: Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds (Verve, 1957)
1954: Stan Getz at The Shrine (Norgran, 1955) – live
1955: Hamp and Getz with Lionel Hampton (Norgran, 1955)
1955: West Coast Jazz (Norgran, 1955)
1955: Stan Getz in Stockholm (Verve, 1956)
1956: For Musicians Only with Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Stitt (Verve, 1958)
1956: The Steamer (Verve, 1957)
1957: The Soft Swing (Verve, 1959)
1957: Jazz Giants '58 with Gerry Mulligan, Harry Edison, Louis Bellson and Oscar Peterson (Verve, 1958)
1957: Award Winner: Stan Getz (Verve, 1957)
1957: Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1958)
1957: Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz (Verve, 1957) – AKA Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi–Fi
1957: Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (Verve, 1957)
1958: Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (Fantasy, 1958)
1958: Stan Meets Chet with Chet Baker (Verve, 1958)
1958: Les Tricheurs (Barclay, 1958)
1958: Imported from Europe (Verve, 1959)
1958: Stan Getz Live in Europe 1958 (Musidisc [France], 1982)
1958: Stockholm Sessions '58 (Dragon, 1988)
1960: Getz in Poland (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1991) – live
1960: Stan Getz at Large (Verve, 1960) – live
1960: Cool Velvet: Stan Getz and Strings (Verve, 1960)
1961: Focus with Eddie Sauter (Verve, 1962)
1961: Recorded Fall 1961 with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1961)
1962: Jazz Samba with Charlie Byrd (Verve, 1962)
1962: Big Band Bossa Nova with Gary McFarland (Verve, 1962)
1963: Jazz Samba Encore! with Luiz Bonfá (Verve, 1963)
1963: Getz/Gilberto with João Gilberto (Verve, 1964)
1963: Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (Verve, 1966)
1963: Reflections (Verve, 1964)
1964: Nobody Else But Me with Gary Burton (Verve, 1994)
1964: Stan Getz & Bill Evans (Verve, 1973)
1964: Getz Au Go Go with Astrud Gilberto (Verve, 1964) – live
1964: Stan Getz Meets João & Astrud Gilberto (Giants of Jazz, 1988) – live
1964: Getz/Gilberto #2 with João Gilberto (Verve, 1966)
1965: The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz with Gary Burton (Can-Am, 1983) – AKA The Vancouver Concert 1965
1965: Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One with Eddie Sauter (MGM, 1965)
1966: Two Sides of Stan Getz (Unique Jazz, 1966) – live; AKA Baubles, Bangles and Beads
1966: Stan Getz and Arthur Fiedler at Tanglewood (RCA Victor, 1967) – live
1966: The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (Verve [France], 1967) – live
1966: Voices (Verve, 1967)
1967: Sweet Rain (Verve, 1967)
1966–68:What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (Verve, 1968)
1969: Didn't We (Verve, 1969)
1969: Marrakesh Express (MGM, 1970)
1971: Dynasty (Verve, 1971) – live
1971: Change of Scenes with Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band (Verve, 1971)
1971: Communications '72 (Verve, 1972)
1972: Captain Marvel (Columbia, 1975)
1972: Stan Getz Quartet at Montreux (Polydor, 1977) – live
1974: Jazz Jamboree '74, Vol. 2 (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1974) – live; split album with McCoy Tyner Quartet
1975: My Foolish Heart: Live at the Left Bank (Label M, 2000) – live
1975: The Best of Two Worlds with João Gilberto (Columbia, 1976)
1975: The Peacocks with Jimmie Rowles (Columbia, 1977)
1975: The Master (Columbia, 1982)
1977: Live at Montmartre (SteepleChase, 1977) [2CD set] – live
1977: Another World (Columbia, 1978)
1977: Mort d'un Pourri (Melba, 1977) – soundtrack to Death of a Corrupt Man
1978: Academy of Jazz with Bob Brookmeyer (PolJazz, 1978) – live
1978: Jazzbühne Berlin '78 (Repertoire, 1991) – live
1978: Children of the World (Columbia, 1979)
1979: Forest Eyes (CBS [Holland], 1980)
1980: Midem Live '80 (RCA [France]; Personal Choice, 1980) – live
1980: The Great Jazz Gala '80 (Bellaphon {Germany]; Personal Choice, 1980) – live
1981: The Dolphin (Concord Jazz, 1981) – live
1981: Spring Is Here (Concord Jazz, 1992) – live
1981: Billy Highstreet Samba (EmArcy, 1990)
1982: Blue Skies (Concord Jazz, 1995)
1982: Pure Getz (Concord Jazz, 1982)
1983: Poetry with Albert Dailey (Elektra Musician, 1984)
1983: Line for Lyons with Chet Baker (Sonet, 1983) – live
1983: The Stockholm Concert (Sonet, 1989) – live
1986: Voyage (Black Hawk, 1986)
1987: Anniversary! (EmArcy, 1989) – live
1987: Serenity (EmArcy, 1991) – live
1989: Homage to Charlie Parker (A&M, 1990) – as The Paris All-Stars
1989: Apasionado (A&M, 1990)
1991: People Time with Kenny Barron (EmArcy, 1992) [2CD set]

Posthumous releases[edit]

Stan Getz with European Friends (Denon, 1996) – rec. 1959–71
The Song Is You (Laserlight, 1996) – live/rec. 1969
Stan Getz Quartet Live in Paris (Dreyfus, 1996) – live/rec. 1982
Yours and Mine (Concord Jazz, 1996) – live/rec. 1989 at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival
But Beautiful with Bill Evans (Milestone, 1996) – live/rec. 1974
West Coast Live with Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1997) – rec. 1953–54
Soul Eyes (Concord Jazz, 1997) – live/rec. 1989 at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival and Musikhuset Aarhus
The Stockholm Concerts with Chet Baker (Verve, 1998) [3CD set] – live/rec. 1983
Quintessence, Volume 1 with Chet Baker (Concord Jazz, 1998) – rec. 1983
Quintessence, Volume 2 with Chet Baker (Concord Jazz, 2000) – rec. 1983
The Final Concert Recording (Eagle Jazz, 2000) [2CD set] – live/rec. 1990 at the Munich Philharmonic
Live In London (Harkit, 2002) – live/rec. 1964
Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (Verve, 2003) – rec. 1989
Live In London, Volume 2 (Harkit, 2004) – live/rec. 1964
People Time: The Complete Recordings with Kenny Barron (EmArcy, 2009) [7CD set] – live/rec. 1991
Stan Getz Quartet Live At Montreux 1972 (Eagle Rock Entertainment, 2013) – live/rec. 1972. Also released in Europe (as a CD+DVD), as Stan Getz Quartet Live In Europe 1972.
Getz/Gilberto '76 with João Gilberto (Resonance, 2016) – live/rec. 1976
Moments in Time (Resonance, 2016) – live/rec. 1976 at San Francisco's Keystone Korner
Getz at the Gate (Verve, 2019) – live/rec. 1961 at the Village Gate
Live at the Berlin Jazztage 1966 with Astrud Gilberto (The Lost Recordings, 2021) [2CD set] – live/rec. 1966 at The Berlin Jazztage
Moonrise with Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Raney, Teddy Kotick and Tiny Kahn (Chameleon Archive, 2023)

Live jam sessions with various artists[edit]

The JATP All-Stars at the Opera House (Verve, 1957)
Norman Granz Presents 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' in Europe, Vol. 1 (Verve, 1960)
Norman Granz Presents 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' in Europe, Vol. 2 (Verve, 1960)
Norman Granz Presents 'Jazz at the Philharmonic' in Europe, Vol. 4 (Verve, 1960)
Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic '72 (Pablo, 1972)
Newport in New York '72: The Jam Sessions, Vol. 1 and 2 (Cobblestone, 1972)
Montreux Summit, Volume 1 (Columbia, 1977)
Montreux Summit, Volume 2 (Columbia, 1977)
Havana Jam with the CBS Jazz All Stars (Columbia, 1979)
Havana Jam II with the CBS Jazz All Stars (Columbia, 1979)
All Star Jam Session (Eastworld, 1981) – at Aurex Jazz Festival 1981
Live Special (Eastworld, 1981) – at Aurex Jazz Festival 1981

Compilations[edit]

Conception (Prestige, 1956)
Early Stan with Jimmy Raney and Terry Gibbs (Prestige, 1963) – rec. 1949–53
An Introduction to the World of Stan Getz (Verve, 1964)
The Melodic Stan Getz (Metro, 1965)
Prezervation with Al Haig (Prestige, 1967) – rec. 1949–50
The Best of Stan Getz (Verve, 1967)
The History of Stan Getz (Verve, 1972)
Stan Getz: Return Engagement (Verve, 1974)
The Best of Stan Getz (Columbia, 1980)
Stan the Man (Verve, 1984) – rec. 1952–61
Compact Jazz: Stan Getz (Verve, 1987)
Compact Jazz: Stan Getz & Friends (Verve, 1988)
The Lyrical Stan Getz (Columbia, 1988)
The Girl From Ipanema – The Bossa Nova Years (Verve, 1989) [4CD set]
The Artistry of Stan Getz: The Best of the Verve Years, Volume 1 (Verve, 1991)
Compact Jazz: Stan Getz With Strings (Verve, 1992)
The Essential Stan Getz (The Getz Songbook) (Verve, 1992)
The Artistry of Stan Getz: The Best of the Verve Years, Volume 2 (Verve, 1993)
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Stan Getz (Verve, 1993)
Verve Jazz Masters 8: Stan Getz (Verve, 1994)
Verve Jazz Masters 25: Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie (Verve, 1994)
Verve Jazz Masters 53: Stan Getz – Bossa Nova (Verve, 1996)
A Life In Jazz: A Musical Biography (Verve, 1996)
East of the Sun – The West Coast Sessions (Verve, 1996) [3CD set]
The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost/Blue Note/Capitol, 1997) [3CD set]
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Stan Getz – Bossa Nova (Verve, 1998)
Ultimate Stan Getz (Verve, 1998)
Stan Getz' Finest Hour (Verve, 2000)
My Old Flame (Concord Jazz, 2001) [2CD set] – reissues of The Dolphin and Spring Is Here
Café Montmartre (Universal [France], 2002)
The Very Best of Stan Getz (Verve, 2002)
Getz For Lovers (Verve, 2002)
More Getz For Lovers (Verve, 2006)
Stan Getz: Gold (Verve, 2008) [2CD set]
The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia, 2011) [8CD set]

As sideman[edit]

With Ella Fitzgerald

Like Someone in Love (Verve, 1957)
At the Opera House (Verve, 1957 [1958]) – live

With Woody Herman

Twelve Shades of Blue (Columbia, 1947 [1955])
The Thundering Herds (Columbia, 1948 [1961])
The 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (RCA Victor, 1976 [1977])
Woody and Friends (Concord Jazz, 1979 [1981])
Live At The Concord Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz, 1981 [1982])

With Diane Schuur

Deedles (GRP, 1984)
Schuur Thing (GRP, 1985)
Timeless (GRP, 1986)

With others

Herb Alpert, Midnight Sun (A&M, 1992) – rec. 1989
Chet Baker, Seven Faces of Valentine (Philology, 1990) – rec. 1975–85
Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan, Echoes of an Era: Basie, Getz and Vaughan Live at Birdland (Roulette, 1975) – rec. 1956
Dee Bell, Let There Be Love (Concord Jazz, 1983)
Tony Bennett, Jazz (Columbia, 1987) – rec. 1964
Buddy Bregman, Swinging Kicks (Verve, 1956)
Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (Columbia, 1965) – rec. 1964
Herb Ellis, Nothing but the Blues (Verve, 1957)
Everything but the Girl, The Language of Life (Atlantic, 1990) – rec. 1989
Dizzy Gillespie, Sittin' In (Verve, 1957)
Benny Goodman, The Benny Goodman Story (Decca, 1955)
Jimmy Gourley, Good News (Bloomdido, 1981)
Michele Hendricks, Carryin' On (Muse, 1987)
Peter Herbolzheimer, Jazz Gala Concert (Atlantic, 1976)
Kimiko Kasai, This Is My Love (CBS/Sony, 1975)
Stan Kenton, Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1952) – rec. 1944–47
Huey Lewis and the News, Small World (Chrysalis, 1988) – rec. 1987–88
John Lewis, The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (Norgran, 1955)
Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band (Verve, 1991)
Michael McDonald, Take It to Heart (Reprise, 1990) – rec. 1989
The Manhattan Transfer, Brasil (Atlantic, 1987) – 1 track only
Barry Manilow, Swing Street (Arista, 1987)
Helen Merrill, Just Friends (EmArcy, 1989)
Annie Ross, Gypsy (World Pacific, 1958)
Cybill Shepherd, Mad About the Boy (Inner City, 1976)^[1]^[2]
Johnny Smith, Moonlight in Vermont (Roost, 1956) – rec. 1952–53

References[edit]

^ Stan Getz Catalog - album index, accessed July 21, 2016
^ Di Filippo, R., Maulucci, L. & Rascio, N. Stan Getz Discography, accessed July 21, 2016

External links[edit]

Stan Getz discography at Discogs

[1] Stan Getz Catalog - album index, accessed July 21, 2016

[2] Di Filippo, R., Maulucci, L. & Rascio, N. Stan Getz Discography, accessed July 21, 2016

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