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.
Out of This World
Stan Getz Lyrics
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When I'm looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew
You're right out of a book
The fairy tale I read when I was so hig
No armored knight out of a book
Then I
After waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from long and lonely night time
And despite time, here you are
I cry, out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
After waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from long and lonely night time
And despite time, here you are
I cry, out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
Clear out of this world
Clear out of this world
Clear out of this world
Clear out, clear out
The lyrics to Stan Getz's song "Out Of This World" speak of the overwhelming awe and enchantment the singer feels towards the person they are looking at. The person is described as being "clear out of this world" and the music they hear is "out of this world" as well. The singer goes on to compare the person to a fairy tale character, saying that they are like an enchanted Loralei that no armored knight could ever find. The singer expresses their desire to spend eternity with this person, and the fear of losing them.
The song is a beautiful expression of intense love and admiration. The captivating melody and soft, soothing tone of Getz's saxophone reflect the dreamy and enchanted feeling of being in love. The lyrics convey the idea that the person being described is so special and unique that they are beyond this world, and can only be found in the realm of fairy tales and myth. The longing to spend eternity with them is a common theme in love songs, but the comparison to a fairy tale adds a touch of fantasy and magic to the sentiment.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You're extraordinary and beyond comparison
When I'm looking at you
Whenever I see you
I hear out of this world
I feel astounded
The music that no mortal ever knew
This feeling is beyond human understanding
You're right out of a book
You're like a character from a fairytale
The fairy tale I read when I was so high
Just like I read in books when I was young
No armored knight out of a book
Not even the bravest hero could find someone as special as you
Could find a more more enchanted Loralei
No one could find a more magical person than you
After waiting so long for the right time
After a long time of searching
After reaching so long for a star
After a lengthy quest for something seemingly impossible
All at once from long and lonely night time
You suddenly appeared in my life and ended my loneliness
And despite time, here you are
And despite all the time that has passed, you are still here
I cry, out of this world
I am overwhelmed and deeply moved
If you said we were through
If you were to end our relationship
So let me fly out of this world
I would rather die than live without you
And spend the next eternity or two with you
I want to be with you forever and ever
Clear out of this world
Your impact on me is indescribable
Clear out of this world
You are one of a kind
Clear out of this world
You are exceptional
Clear out, clear out
You are truly remarkable
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: HAROLD ARLEN, JOHNNY MERCER
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Stav 🦄
You're clear out of this world
When I am looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew
You're right out of a book
The fairy tale I read when I was so high
No amoured knight out of a book
Was more enchanted by a laurel life
And I after waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from the long and lonely nighttime
And despite time, here you are
I'd cry out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
After waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
And at once from the long and lonely nighttime
And despite time, here you are
I'd cry out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
You're clear, out of this world
Out of this world, out of this world
Rob Jones
Magnificent.
Tony and Stan swings so well on this elegant track, I have it on vinyl but haven't played
for decades. Thanks for posting it.
Brother Taro
"the next eternity or two" 🙂
R.I.P. Tony Bennett, a master of American song ... along with his recordings with Bill Evans, this is my favorite he ever did
Cy Green - SONGWRITER
GREAT GROUP! Stan backed Tony with real feeling. Too bad they did not do a FULL LP. It may have rivaled the
Coltrane/Hartman collaboration from the previous year.
Stav 🦄
You're clear out of this world
When I am looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew
You're right out of a book
The fairy tale I read when I was so high
No amoured knight out of a book
Was more enchanted by a laurel life
And I after waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from the long and lonely nighttime
And despite time, here you are
I'd cry out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
After waiting so long for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
And at once from the long and lonely nighttime
And despite time, here you are
I'd cry out of this world
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you
You're clear, out of this world
Out of this world, out of this world
Frances Gates
I also love Dakota Staton's rendition ❤
imonthebox1
Music by Harold Arlen. Words by Johnny Mercer. For those who dont know, Harold Arlen also wrote the songs in The Wizard of Oz, with lyricist, E.Y. Harburg......
tuxguys
Look at the personnel (in the program notes up above):
Occasionally, it gets this heavy...
...but it never gets heavier.
NEVER.
Stan Getz provides an object lesson in "understatement:" It's not how many notes, it's how many "right" notes; all of Stan Getz's notes are RIGHT, always.
(Listen to it again, and imbibe Elvin Jones' drumming:
There's a reason why he and Ginger Baker had a public rivalry, exacerbated by DOWNBEAT magazine, around 1970...
They were both too damn astonishing, and too damn original.)
H Timezone
+tuxguys Stan's sax is so sweet on this too. Clear out of this world.
Andrew Chaplowitz
Elvin playing straight ahead
Better than great
He swings but its not swing
Brilliant
I think Rin Carger was in bass, Harvie or Chick on piano and of course Stan on tenor
Joseph Guderian
Like this, but Chris Connor put the right butter on J. Mercer's words