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.
Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars
Stan Getz Lyrics
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Floating in the silence that surrounds us
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams, quiet walks by quiet streams, and a window
looking on the mountains and the sea.
How lovely! this is where i want to be.
Here, with you so close to me, untill the final flicker of lifes ember.
I who was lost and lonely, believing life was only
A bitter tragic joke, have found with you
The lyrics to Stan Getz and João Gilberto's "Corcovado" is a beautiful love song that describes the peace and tranquility of being in love. The opening line, "Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar," emphasizes the calmness of the night as the singer plays the guitar in the stillness. The lyrics then progress to describe the serene environment around them as they walk by quiet streams, look out of a window towards the mountains and the sea. The singer reveals that this is where they want to be - with their lover, until the very end.
The song then highlights the transformation that has taken place in the singer’s life since finding love. Before meeting their lover, they were lost and lonely, believing that life was a bitter tragic joke. However, with their lover, they have discovered the meaning of existence. The lyrics are a tribute to the power of love to bring peace and happiness into one's life. Overall, the song celebrates the beauty of finding love and the joy it brings into one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar
The singer is describing the serenity of the night with little disturbance, where he plays soothing music on his guitar.
Floating in the silence that surrounds us
The silence holding them together is like an embrace, where they are lost in their own thoughts.
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams, quiet walks by quiet streams, and a window looking on the mountains and the sea.
The author wishes for a calm and peaceful existence, where he can enjoy the beauty of nature and ponder on life's meaning.
How lovely! this is where i want to be.
The beauty of their environment is so alluring that the artist desires to stay there forever.
Here, with you so close to me, untill the final flicker of lifes ember.
The artist describes how he wishes to spend his life close to someone he loves, until their last moments together.
I who was lost and lonely, believing life was only
The singer expresses his past beliefs, where he felt lost and alone, and wondered if life held any meaning at all.
A bitter tragic joke, have found with you
The singer believes that he has found his true happiness in sharing his life with someone he loves.
The meaning of existence oh, my love.
The author concludes that the true meaning of life revolves around our relationships and love for others.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees
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@bragagd1618
Letra:
Quiet nights of quiet stars
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence
That surrounds us
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams
Quiet walks by quiet streams
And a window that looks out
On Corcovado
Oh, how lovely
Um cantinho, um violão
Esse amor, uma canção
Pra fazer feliz
A quem se ama
Muita calma pra pensar
E ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado
O Redentor
Que lindo
Quero a vida sempre assim
Com você perto de mim
Até o apagar
Da velha chama
E eu, que era triste
Descrente desse mundo
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
O que é a felicidade, meu amor
Quero a vida sempre assim
Com você perto de mim
Até o apagar
Da velha chama
E eu, que era triste
Descrente desse mundo
Ao encontrar você eu conheci
O que é a felicidade, meu amor
@LukaMagda1
Greetings from Croatia sipping a glass of wine and enjoying a warm summer evening. Life is good.
@DiogoAmancio
Specially winning those guys during World Cup last december.
@gabrieltresseno3785
Essa mulher cantando no começo é mágico, fantástico.
@Papa-tn3vn
É Astrud Gilberto, esposa do falecido João Gilberto. Ela completou 80 anos em 29 de março de 2020
@gabrieltresseno3785
@@Papa-tn3vn Obrigado pela informação, vou procurar conhecer mais as músicas dela.
@edloewenthal9973
Podia ter uma versão inteira assim, a melhor parte da musica
@gabrieltresseno3785
@@edloewenthal9973 Concordo plenamente, é angelical a voz dela, esse começo é muito, muito bom.
@AmandaNascimento-ww3kf
@@edloewenthal9973 mas tem é só procurar
@marcosvilar8456
Setembro de 2020 - Novela Laços de Família - pandemia no Brasil. Mais alguem?
@leanaaymorejacob1211
Eu, kkkkkk!