His parents were Ukrainian Jews who immigrated from Kyiv city, Ukraine in 1903. The family later moved to New York City for better jobs. Stan worked hard in school receiving straight "A's" on average and finished 6th grade close to the top of his class. Stan's major interest was in musical instruments, and he felt a need to play every instrument in his sight. He played a number of instruments before his father bought him his first saxophone at the age of 13. Even though his father also got him a clarinet, Stan instantly fell in love with the saxophone and began practicing 8 hours a day. In 1941, he was accepted into the All City High School Orchestra of New York City. This gave Stan a chance to receive a private, free tutor from the New York Philharmonic, Simon Kovar - a bassoon player. He also began to spend more time playing the saxophone. He eventually dropped out of school in order to pursue his musical career, but was later sent back to the classroom by the school system’s truancy officers.
In 1943, he was accepted into Jack Teagarden's band, and because of his youth he became Teagarden's ward. Getz also played along with Nat King Cole and Lionel Hampton. After playing for Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman, Getz was a soloist with Woody Herman from 1947 to 1949 in 'The Second Herd' and he first gained wide attention as one of the band's saxophonists, who were known collectively as 'The Four Brothers', the others being Serge Chaloff, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward. With Herman, he had a hit with "Early Autumn" and after Getz left 'The Second Herd' he was able to launch his solo career. He would be the leader on almost all of his recording sessions after 1950.
During the early '50s, Getz broke away from the Lester Young style to form his own musical identity and he was soon among the most popular of all jazzmen. He discovered Horace Silver in 1950 and used him in his quartet for several months. After touring Sweden in 1951, he formed an exciting quintet that co-featured guitarist Jimmy Raney; their interplay on up-tempo tunes and tonal blend on ballads was quite memorable. Getz's playing helped Johnny Smith have a hit in "Moonlight in Vermont," during 1953-1954 Bob Brookmeyer made his group a quintet and, despite some drug problems during the decade, Getz was a constant poll winner. After spending 1958-1960 in Europe, the tenorman returned to the U.S. and recorded his personal favorite album, Focus, with arranger Eddie Sauter's Orchestra.
Getz became a central figure in introducing bossa nova music to the U.S. audience. Teaming with guitarist Charlie Byrd, who had just returned from a U.S. State Department tour of Brazil, Getz recorded Jazz Samba in 1962 and it became a hit. The title track was an adaptation of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "One Note Samba". Getz won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance of 1963 for "Desafinado". As a follow-up, Getz recorded Jazz Samba Encore! with one of the originators of bossa nova, Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa.
He then recorded the album Getz/Gilberto with Tom Jobim, João Gilberto and his wife, Astrud Gilberto. Their "The Girl from Ipanema" won a Grammy Award. The piece became one of the most well-known latin jazz cuts of all time. Getz/Gilberto won two Grammys (Best Album and Best Single), besting The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, a victory for Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz. A live album, Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2, followed, as did Getz Au Go Go, a recording made live at the Cafe Au Go Go. Unfortunately, Getz' affair with Astrud Gilberto brought an end to his musical partnership with her and her husband and he began to move away from bossa-nova and back to cool jazz. Even while still working with the Gilbertos, he recorded Nobody Else But Me an album of straightforward jazz with a new quartet including vibraphonist Gary Burton, but Verve Records, wishing to continue building the Getz brand with bossa-nova, refused to release it. It eventually came out 30 years later, after Getz had died.
In 1972, Getz recorded in the fusion idiom with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. This group, without Getz, went on to become the famous Return to Forever, and many of the pieces including "La Fiesta" remained in their repertoire. In this period Getz experimented with an Echoplex on his saxophone, for which critics vilified him. He eventually discarded fusion and "electric jazz", returning to acoustic jazz, while at the same time gradually de-emphasizing the Bossa Nova, opting for more esoteric and less-mainstream jazz. He had a cameo in the movie The Exterminator (1980).
Towards the end of his life the now drug-free Getz had another creative peak with a group including the pianist Kenny Barron, whom Getz described as "my musical other half".
In 1986, he was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.
Getz married Beverly Byrne, a vocalist with the Gene Krupa band, on 7 November 1946; they had three children together: Steven, David, and Beverly (who married Michael McGovern).
Getz became involved with drugs and alcohol while a teenager. In 1954, he was arrested for attempting to rob a pharmacy to get a morphine fix. As he was being processed in the prison ward of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Beverly gave birth to their third child one floor below.
Getz tried to escape his narcotics addiction by moving to Copenhagen. He married Swedish aristocrat Monica Silfverskiöld on 3 November 1956 and had two children with her: Pamela and Nicolas. In 1957 Swedish girlfriend Inga Torgnér gave birth to a son Peter. Stan divorced Monica in 1987.
Zoot Sims, who had known Getz since their time with Herman, once described him as 'a nice bunch of guys', as a consequence of the wide behavioural range of which Getz was capable. In the final stages of his life Getz was able to end his addictions.
Getz died of liver cancer in 1991. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered at sea, off the coast of Malibu, California.
In 1998 the 'Stan Getz Media Center and Library' at the Berklee College of Music was dedicated through a donation from the Herb Alpert Foundation.
Doralice
Stan Getz Lyrics
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Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que te disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Doralice eu bem que te disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que te disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
Um belo dia você me surgiu
Eu quis fugir mas você insistiu
Alguma coisa bem que andava me avisando
Até parece que eu estava adivinhando
Eu bem que não queria me casar contigo
Bem que não queria enfrentar esse perigo, Doralice
Agora você tem que me dizer
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
The lyrics of Stan Getz's song Doralice express the internal struggle of a man named Doralice who is torn between his desire for love and commitment and his fear of the risks and vulnerabilities involved. Doralice questions the worth of love and sees it as a foolish illusion that only leads to heartbreak and disappointment. He prefers the solitude of his own company while listening to the melancholic sound of his guitar. Despite his reluctance, Doralice falls in love with a woman who insists on being with him. He acknowledges that something was telling him to walk away, but he couldn't resist the urge to stay. Doralice knows that he doesn't want to get married and is hesitant about the future. He seeks guidance from his love interest, asking her how they are going to make it work amidst their differences.
The song conveys a sense of nostalgia and longing, as the melody of the saxophone enhances the lyrical reflection of the singer. Musically, it is a bossa nova song that features the saxophone as the lead instrument. The rhythmic pattern of the song is in 4/4 time, and the melody is constructed around the chord progression of Dmaj7, Dmaj6, D7, Gmaj7, Gm7, and A7. The use of dissonant chords and the juxtaposition of major and minor chords adds depth to the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Doralice eu bem que te disse
I told you before, Doralice
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Loving is foolishness, nonsense, an illusion
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
I'd rather live alone
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Listening to the lament of my guitar
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Look at the mess I'm getting myself into
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Now, my dear Doralice, how are we going to do this?
Um belo dia você me surgiu
One beautiful day, you appeared before me
Eu quis fugir mas você insistiu
I wanted to run away, but you persisted
Alguma coisa bem que andava me avisando
Something was warning me all along
Até parece que eu estava adivinhando
It's as if I was foreseeing it
Eu bem que não queria me casar contigo
I really didn't want to marry you
Bem que não queria enfrentar esse perigo, Doralice
I really didn't want to face this danger, Doralice
Agora você tem que me dizer
Now you have to tell me
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
How are we going to do this?
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Carlos Jobim, Dorival Caymmi
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@gabri1618
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
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Como é que nós vamos fazer?
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
Um belo dia você me surgiu
Eu quis fugir mas você insistiu
Alguma coisa bem que andava me avisando
Até parece que eu estava adivinhando
Eu bem que não queria me casar contigo
Bem que não queria enfrentar esse perigo, Doralice
Agora você tem que me dizer
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
@viniciusbarcelos5185
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, é ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, é ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
Um belo dia você me surgiu
Eu quis fugir mas você insistiu
Alguma coisa bem que andava me avisando
Até parece que eu estava adivinhando
Eu bem que não queria me casar contigo
Bem que não queria enfrentar esse perigo, Doralice
Agora você tem que me dizer
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
@filip6994
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Amar é tolice, é bobagem, ilusão
Eu prefiro viver tão sozinho
Ao som do lamento do meu violão
Doralice eu bem que lhe disse
Olha essa embrulhada em que vou me meter
Agora amor, Doralice meu bem
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
(x2)
Um belo dia você me surgiu
Eu quis fugir mas você insistiu
Alguma coisa bem que andava me avisando
Até parece que eu estava adivinhando
Eu bem que não queria me casar contigo
Bem que não queria enfrentar esse perigo, Doralice
Agora você tem que me dizer
Como é que nós vamos fazer?
@brauliocavalcanti3703
João didn't do music, he did magic. Like Robert Johnson. No one who tries to play like them can even scratch the surface of their genius.
@FelipediOliveira
Trabalhei uma época em supermercado, ambiente este que, por ser uma categoria subalterna, música desse calibre não é conhecida. Sempre colocava esse álbum no viva voz, num canto afastado, na área do galpão, e ia fazer minhas atividades. Todos os colegas que passavam perguntavam quem era. Ficava notório interesse nessa música brasileira de tanta qualidade. João Gilberto deveria ser acessível para todas as classes. Não é que não seja, ele é (tá aqui de graça) mas a exposição é nula.
@renecezarinichavarria1444
Caro Oliveira, eu também faço o que você fazia . E o efeito era o mesmo : quem tá cantando ? Lindo , né !
@renatoresendelourenco9609
Grande João Gilberto o inventor dessa batida q é considerada a espinha desse movimento chamado Bossa Nova, Brasil q maravilha de lugar, pessoas, paisagens e música, q orgulho desses brasileiros q levaram para o mundo essa essência maravilhosa de nossas almas, ah se não fosse esses ladrões q estragam nosso lindo Brasil.
@fisic2012
Brasil é um dos paises mais legais e bonitos do mundo, gente boa e de uma enorme mistura cultural. Eu amei Rio de Janeiro; uma das cidades mais belas que existem.
Ontém foi um día de tristeza pela morte de um dos músicos latinos mais grandes da história: o grande Joao Gilberto.
Um abraco ao povo brasileiro desde Chile
@vHumboldt77
Cara, acontece o mesmo eu acho em cada pais do globo. Saludos desde Argentina.
@BBakerStreet
Reservada somente para aqueles que sabem apreciar uma boa música.
@ignaciolias1533
R I P Joao Gilberto since 1964 I been following Bossa Nova now I'm 68 years old
@alphonsedaudet1274
Lucky are you….
@elementrypenguin3116
What a great piece of music. The beautiful rhythm guitar chords and the sax!