STAN GETZ - AT STORYVILLE - ORIGINAL DG ROOST LP 2209 VG++ RARE
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RARE original deep groove pressing STAN GETZ QUINTET AT STORYVILLE. amazing live performance captured thankfully on record. vinyl is vg++ , cover is vg with partial seam split. see picture. some browning on back, looks ok on front. essential lp for jazz fans. please check my other listings for original jazz lps. thanks
Jazz At Storyville gives new meaning to the expression "fast and loose." Most of the tracks are taken at tempos ranging from medium fast to atomic, with "Parker 51" (written by Raney for his friend Ray Parker) taken at a phenomenal 344 beats per minute. Getz and Raney dance over the tempos with perfect poise, locked in the moment and staying lyrical despite the velocity. Their theme statements and contrapuntal interactions have a precision which is almost literally breathtaking. It's a bravura performance by both men, and the track playing times—most are over five minutes and the longest run to 7:07 and 7:24—mean extended solos are the norm. There are choruses too from pianist Al Haig (who'd been on hand for some of Getz's first small group recordings with Raney, in New York in 1948 and 1949) and drummer Tiny Kahn, but in the main this is Getz's and Raney's show.
Among its qualities, the album demolishes the myth that Getz couldn't play with heat and passion. Witness this backhanded compliment from an Amazon customer: "These white boys could BURN! To hear this with today's recording equipment would really be somethin,' but none the less you'll DIG IT. These guys were tight and inspire each other on every cut. STAN was the MAN! A TRUE JAZZ GEM!!" Quite so. In this respect, Jazz At Storyville is like a mirror image of Getz's altogether more laidback recordings with another guitarist, Johnny Smith, in 1952, on Smith's masterpiece, Moonlight In Vermont (Roulette).
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