A long unavailable 1960 performance by Stan Getz, recorded in studio conditions in Warsaw, plus five rare bonus tracks by Getz recorded live in Thailand, Japan and Sweden. The latter includes well-known pianist Bobo Stenson featured here at the beginning of his career.
All tracks carefully remastered.
Tracklisting:
01. BUT NOT FOR ME (6:13)
02. CHEROKEE (5:21)
03. DARN THAT DREAM (5:49)
04. OUT OF NOWHERE (7:04)
05. THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL (4:42)
06. WALTZ FOR A LOVELY WIFE (6:10) (*) Bonus Track
07. GRANDFATHER'S WALTZ (7:32) (*) Bonus Track
08. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (6:31) (*) Bonus Track
09. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (9:00) (*) Bonus Track
10. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA (10:30) (*) Bonus Track
Total time: 68:53 min.
Tracks #1-5 originally issued in Poland as "Getz In Poland" (Muzika L 0329).
Personnel: Stan Getz (ts), Andrzej Trzaskowski (p), Roman Dylag (b), Andrzej Dabrowski (d). Recorded at National Philharmonics Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland, on October 31, 1960.
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Personnel and dates on the bonus tracks:
Track #6: Stan Getz (ts), Gary Burton (vib), Steve Swallow (b) and Larry Bunker (d). Recorded at Koseinkin Hall, Tokyo, on July 18, 1965.
Tracks #7-8: Stan Getz (ts), Jan Johansson (p), George Riedel (b) and Egil Johansen (d). Recorded at Hotel Rama, Bangkok, on November 11, 1967.
Tracks #9-10: Stan Getz, Erik Nordström (ts), Bobo Stenson (p), Gunnar Johnson (b) and Kenneth Fogerlund (d). Recorded in Göteborg, Sweden, on April 6, 1970.
