Beautiful posthumous ballads from Stan the Man
rash67 | USA | 01/14/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The ballad half of the live concert "Dolphin". Stan is in top form, with excellent side men. Contains straight-ahead Mainstream Jazz, no Bossa Nova. I like this a little better than Dolphin but both are great. Songs are a little melancholy, but Stan is at his best here.Stan Getz, according to his biography, is here free of drugs at last. He is lyrical as always, but now less cool and more emotionally expressive, while never sounding harsh and abrasive like Coltrane. Each note is beautiful. Melted butter.Blue fog pours out of the sax and hangs in the air! Listen on a single-ended triode! One of the best of the posthumous CD's. Thanks to his son Steve Getz for finding and releasing it.Recording quality is state-of-the art."
Great Stan.
vls49 | 08/17/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a great recording.The band is first rate and sounds it! The tunes are all beautiful & the sound quality is very good.Lou Levy does an excellent job with "I'm Old Fashioned" as well as everything else.The rest of the rhythm section is excellent as well.Highly recommended. (VLS)"