The Complete Stan Getz Columbia Albums - Limited Edition Box Set

With his beautiful, Lester Young-inspired tone, his grace with a melody, and his willingness to gently push boundaries, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was known as "The Sound" for good reason. Coming to fame with the Woody Herman band in the '40s, he held his own through both the swing and bebop eras, then found renewed commercial success in the early '60s when a João Gilberto collaboration, "The Girl from Ipanema," was a big hit and ushered in a bossa nova boom. Getz loved playing with bold young players like Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, and he didn't shy away from new technology, championing the Echoplex for a time. This wonderful set includes the albums he recorded for Columbia Records between 1972 and 1979 (most of which he produced himself), as well as the soundtrack LP to a Dutch film called Forest Eyes from 1979, and a bonus disc of Getz at Carnegie Hall for the 40th anniversary of the Woody Herman band that also includes live sets from the 1977 Montreux Jazz and the 1979 Havana Jam festivals. It's beautifully packaged, and Getz is Getz throughout. (www.allmusic.com)

Disc: 1
1. La Fiesta
2. Five Hundred Miles High
3. Captain Marvel
4. Times Lie
5. Lush Life
6. Day Waves
7. Crystal Silence
8. Captain Marvel
9. Five Hundred Miles High

Disc: 2
1. Double Rainbow
2. Aguas De Marco - João Gilberto
3. Ligia
4. Falsa Baiana
5. Retrato Em Branco E Preto
6. Izaura
7. Eu Vim Da Bahia
8. Joao Marcello
9. E Preciso Perdoar
10. Just One Of Those Things
11. Eu Vim Da Bahia
12. E Preciso Perdoar
13. Just One Of Those Things

Disc: 3
1. Summer Night
2. Raven's Wood
3. Lover Man
4. Invitation

Disc: 4
1. I'll Never Be The Same - Stan Getz with Jimmy Rowles
2. Lester Left Town
3. Body And Soul
4. What Am I Here For?
5. Serenade To Sweden
6. The Chess Players
7. The Peacocks
8. My Buddy
9. The Hour Of Parting - Jimmie Rowles
10. Rose Marie
11. This Is All I Ask
12. Skylark
13. Mosaic/Would You Like To Take A Walk

Disc: 5
1. Pretty City
2. Keep Dreaming
3. Sabra
4. Anna
5. Another World
6. Sum Sum
7. Willow Weep For Me
8. Blue Serge
9. Brave Little Pernille
10. Club 7 And Other Wild Places

Disc: 6
1. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
2. Children Of The World
3. Livin' It Up
4. Street Tattoo
5. Hopscotch
6. On Rainy Afternoons
7. You, Me And The Spring
8. Summer Poem
9. The Dreamer
10. Around The Day In Eighty Worlds

Disc: 7
1. We Are Free - Jurre Haanstra
2. Tails Part 1 & 2 - Jurre Haanstra
3. Shades Of Blue - Jurre Haanstra
4. Heron's Flight - Jurre Haanstra
5. Forest Eyes - Jurre Haanstra
6. Drowsy - Jurre Haanstra
7. Silva - Jurre Haanstra
8. Little Lady - Jurre Haanstra
9. Eye Of The Storm - Jurre Haanstra

Disc: 8
1. Four Brothers - Woody Herman And His Thundering Herd
2. Early Autumn - Woody Herman And His Thundering Herd
3. Cousins - Woody Herman and His New Thundering Herd
4. Blue Serge - Woody Herman And His Thundering Herd
5. Blue Getz Blues - Woody Herman And His Thundering Herd
6. Finale: Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head so Hard?) - Woody Herman And His Thundering Herd
7. Infant Eyes - CBS Jazz All-Stars
8. Tin Tin Deo - CBS Jazz All-Stars
9. Polka Dots & Moonbeams - CBS Jazz All-Stars