{"id":37049,"date":"2013-04-17T09:58:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=37049"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:30:31","slug":"stan-getz-sayz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2013\/stan-getz-sayz\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Getz Says….."},"content":{"rendered":"

The name Stan Getz is synonymous with many things: jazz, improvisation, tenor saxophone, and of course the Selmer Mark VI\u2014just to name a few. There isn’t a serious tenor sax player alive, who likely doesn’t know that Getz’s use of the Mark VI is in large part, what still drives the horn’s popularity, and price, today.<\/p>\n

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Source: AGRESORES DISIDENTES: STAN GETZ, THE SOUND<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the evolution in saxophone sound over the past 40+ years, Getz’s particular tenor sound is still emulated by many tenor players today. They will spend literally thousands on a 5 digit horn, and hundreds on a vintage, hard rubber Brilhart, Berg Larsen, or Otto Link mouthpiece (all pieces that Getz played at one point or another in his career), in an effort to come close to recreating that famous sound.<\/p>\n

Because of the saxophone’s monophonic nature, Stan Getz viewed the instrument’s sound as a translation of the human voice. Unlike a guitar or piano that can play more than one note at a time\u2014thus being capable of playing complicated harmony parts\u2014the saxophone is only able to move from note to note in a musical passage.<\/p>\n

Getz said:<\/p>\n

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it\u2019s still a melody.<\/p>\n

Source: World Jazz Scene<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a safe bet that most of the readers of my weblog are familiar with Stan Getz, and how he used both simple and complicated melodies in his playing. However, not everyone might have seen this 1972 show from Montreux.<\/p>\n

Besides Getz it features Tony Williams on drums, Chick Corea on keys, and Stanley Clarke on bass. This all-star line up puts on a 1 hour show that is sure to please even the most discerning jazz aficionado. Enjoy…<\/p>\n