We Remember Brilliance ...
As tough as it was to survive being a jazz musician, and being miles ahead of the planet musically - it's a wonder they lasted as long as they did. It had to be for the beauty man - the beauty, because it sure wasn't for the bread.
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You're listening to Stan Getz In Europe (1958) ... doing "TOPSY."
Benny Bailey, Trumpet
Ake Persson, Trombone
Lars Gullin, Bari Sax
Gunnar Johnson, Bass
Jan Johansson, Piano William Schioppfe, Drums
One of the premiere interpreters in all of jazz.
Stan Getz (1927 - 1991)
He could stop me cold with just two notes.
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The LEADERS ...
Duke Ellington/Count Basie/Coleman Hawkins/Artie Shaw/Lester Young/Jack Teagarden/ Benny Goodman/Bud Freeman/Roy Eldridge/Ben Webster/Django Reinhardt/Thelonious Monk/Charlie Christian/Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker/ Stan Getz/ Bobby Hackett/Art Tatum/ Buddy Rich/Max Roach/ Fats Navarro/Bud Powell/ Stan Kenton/JJ Johnson/Lennie Tristano/Woody Herman/George Shearing/ Gerry Mulligan/Barney Kessel/ John Coltrane/ Oscar Peterson/ Wardell Gray/ Chico Hamilton/Hank Jones/Dexter Gordon/ Shelly Manne/Gene Ammons/ Sonny Rollins/Clark Terry/Chet Baker/Dave Brubeck/Art Blakey/ Gil Evans/ George Russell/ Sonny Stitt/Paul Desmond/Art Farmer/Zoot Sims/Art Pepper/ Bill Evans/ Donald Byrd/ Ahmad Jamal/ StanleyTurrentine
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Tal Farlow ~JAZZ LIVES~ James Moody
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Benny Golson/ Charles Mingus/ Gerald Wilson/Phil Woods/ Bob Brookmeyer/ Clifford Brown/ Horace Silver/Ira Sullivan/Cannonball Adderly/Oliver Nelson/ Barry Harris/Wes Montgomery/Jim Hall/ Lee Morgan/ Kenny Burrell/Eric Dolphy/Bud Shank/ Wayne Shorter/ Lee Konitz/Jimmy Smith/ Hampton Hawes/Freddie Hubbard/Bobby Hutcherson/ Kenny Barron/Charles Earland/ Woody Shaw/ Ron Carter/ Herbie Hancock/Scott Hamilton/Bruce Forman ...
plus many more Jazz GREATS!
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Our JAZZLIST has the recordings that gave these Artists the reputation they truly earned. Upon hearing them the first time, you take notice and say: "Who Was That?"
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Some words of wisdom to young musicians - THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST ... So the next time you're in a Studio, MAKE IT COUNT! -'Cause it's all you're going to
leave on this earth that will possibly endure.
Jimmy 'on the case' with his great collection.








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