The Steamer

• Artist : Stan Getz
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0731454777124
• Format : Original recording remastered
• Label : Verve
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Verve
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Verve
• Release Date : 1999-11-15
• SKU : ~@`cSpLHxy~1@e1GU_1999_unk2
• Studio : Verve
• UPC : 731454777124

Recorded in Hollywood in 1956, this is one of the great milestone albums of Getz's career. Before it came the pale, watercolour ballads of his early years, still to come were such masterpieces as "Focus and "Getz/Gilberto" but The Steamer catches him at a brief moment of consolidation. On numbers like "How About You?" and "Too Close For Comfort", he stretches out into that easy lope which always brought out the best of his up-tempo playing--long, looping phrases, phenomenal dexterity and an apparently endless fund of ideas. In the ballads, his shy, buttoned-down lyricism never sounded more affecting. The accompanying rhythm section consists of three of Hollywood's finest--pianist Lou Levy, drummer Stan Levey and Leroy Vinnegar on bass. This release, in the Verve Master Edition series, includes alternate takes and even a few breakdowns and false starts. Apart from revealing that even great artists can make mistakes, these provide a fascinating insight into Getz's s recording methods. --Dave Gelly

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Blues For Mary Jane
  • 2: There Will Never Be Another You
  • 3: You're Blase
  • 4: Too Close For Comfort
  • 5: Like Someone In Love
  • 6: How About You?
  • 7: How About You? (Complete Alternative Take)
  • 8: There Will Never Be Another You (Incomplete And Breakdown Takes)
  • 9: You're Blase (False Start)
  • 10: Like Someone In Love (Incomplete Take)
  • 11: How About You? (False Starts And Breakdown Take)

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