Stan_Getz

Stan Getz Stan Getz “The Sound” 1927-1991 “I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be. I never said, ' I want this kind of sound!' I believe it was because of the bands I played with from the ages of 15 to 22.” Stan Getz was born a child of World War Two on February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia Pa. Throughout his child years Getz was always interested in musical instruments. After his junior high school teacher chose him to play the bass in a concert Getz realized that he had a gift that the others in the band didn’t have. By the age of 15 Getz was working as a professional musician playing the tenor sax, like he was born to play one. He started working with many big band leaders such as, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. Not only was Jack Teagarden teaching Getz about music and improvising, but he was also teaching him about drinking heavily. Getz was with Herman’s band “Second Herd” from 1947 to 1949 he became very popular. He was one of the first members of ”The getz, music, started, sound, play, jazz, song, record, bossa, stan, one, never, made, band, type, thought, sax, records, recording, playing, played, musicians, just, jimmy, gilberto, feeling, famous, died, beautiful, after, about, years, world, working, worked