Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema".
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Albums
City Nights
2025—The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert
2024—Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan / Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
2020—For Musicians Only - The Complete Sessions: Live & Studio
2019—Getz Meets Mulligan In Hifi
2018—Moments In Time
2016—Big Band Bossa Nova
2014—The Essential Stan Getz: The Columbia Years
2013—Stan Getz at Nalen
2011—Jazz Giants '58
2008—Jazz in Paris: Communications '72
2007—Tangerine
2007—
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