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Recording information: Baden Baden, Germany (03/1960); Los Angeles, CA (03/1960); New York, NY (03/1960); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/1960); San Francisco, CA (03/1960); The Storyville, Boston, MA (03/1960); Baden Baden, Germany (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); Los Angeles, CA (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); New York, NY (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); San Francisco, CA (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); The Storyville, Boston, MA (08/15/1951/01/23/1951); Baden Baden, Germany (10/10/1957); Los Angeles, CA (10/10/1957); New York, NY (10/10/1957); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (10/10/1957); San Francisco, CA (10/10/1957); The Storyville, Boston, MA (10/10/1957); Baden Baden, Germany (10/16/1956); Los Angeles, CA (10/16/1956); New York, NY (10/16/1956); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (10/16/1956); San Francisco, CA (10/16/1956); The Storyville, Boston, MA (10/16/1956); Baden Baden, Germany (10/28/1951); Los Angeles, CA (10/28/1951); New York, NY (10/28/1951); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (10/28/1951); San Francisco, CA (10/28/1951); The Storyville, Boston, MA (10/28/1951); Baden Baden, Germany (12/19/1952); Los Angeles, CA (12/19/1952); New York, NY (12/19/1952); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (12/19/1952); San Francisco, CA (12/19/1952); The Storyville, Boston, MA (12/19/1952); Baden Baden, Germany (1958); Los Angeles, CA (1958); New York, NY (1958); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (1958); San Francisco, CA (1958); The Storyville, Boston, MA (1958). Gently swinging with one of the sweetest and most beautiful tones ever to come from a tenor saxophone, Stan Getz went through stylistic phases but that tone remained throughout, and he always was a consistently excellent musician, one of the best ever on his instrument. This set collects eight of his pre-bossa nova albums in one package, including 1951's At Storyville, Vols. 1-2, 1953's Chamber Music, 1956's For Musicians Only, 1957's Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio and Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi, 1958's Stan Getz Cal Tjader Sextet, and 1960's Cool Velvet. Getz moved into a jazz samba phase in 1962, a commercially successful phase for him, so this set provides a nice and in-depth look at what this fine player was up to before all that. Good stuff. ~ Steve Leggett
