Stanley Gayetzky
Stan Getz, "The Sound," was renowned for his warm, lyrical tone. He helped popularize bossa nova in America with "The Girl from Ipanema" alongside João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, one of the best-selling jazz singles ever.
“Let's face it: I'm not a jazz musician. I'm a musician who plays jazz.”
— Stan Getz
“My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have always been driven by a taut inner spring which has propelled me to almost compulsively reach for perfection in music.”
— Stan Getz
“You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.”
— Stan Getz
Getz/Gilberto
1964
Focus
1961
Sweet Rain
1967