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Stanley Gayetzky (February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia – June 6, 1991 in Malibu, California) was an American jazz musician. He is considered one of the greatest tenor saxophone players of all time. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, Getz's prime influence was the wispy, mellow tone of his idol, Lester Young, but said in 1986: "I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be..."
Life and work
Born to Russian-Jewish parents and raised in New York City, Getz played a number of instruments before his father bought him his first saxophone at the age of 13. In 1943, he was accepted into Jack Teagarden's band. After playing in various bands (1944 Stan Kenton; 1945 Jimmy Dorsey; 1945–46 Benny Goodman), Getz became known as a soloist in the Woody Herman Band from 1947–49. He scored a hit with his melodic and lyrical solo on Ralph Burns's Early Autumn. With few exceptions, Getz would be a leader on all of his recording sessions after 1950.
Getz became involved with drugs and alcohol while a teenager. He also developed a pack-a-day cigarette habit. In 1954, he was arrested for trying to stick up a pharmacy to get morphine. As he was being processed in the prison ward of Los Angeles City Hospital, his wife - Beverly Byrne, a former vocalist with the Gene Krupa band, whom he married on November 7, 1946 - gave birth to their third child one floor below; they divorced in 1956. Getz married Swedish aristocrat Monica Silfverskiold on November 3, 1956, and had 1 child. In 1957, a son was born to Inga Torgner, one of his many dalliances. Getz beat both wives repeatedly during drug-induced rages. Beverly was addicted to heroin, as was Stan, but eventually got sober. After years of trying to get him sober, Monica, who had gained custody of Stan and Beverly's children, left him; he divorced her in 1987, claiming, incredibly, abuse and infidelity. *
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A Tribute to Stan Getz - Review of Getz tribute album by various artists from All About Jazz, a magazine for Jazz fans by Jazz fans.
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Concord Records:- Stan Getz - Short biography and discography from the record label.
Downbeat.com: Stan Getz - Biography, photo gallery, discography, and a classic Down Beat magazine article.
Stan Getz - Article on Getz, by Peter Madison, at All About Jazz website.
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Verve Records: Stan Getz - Official site includes soundclips for his entire label discography.
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