''The Master'' is an album by saxophonist
Stan Getz which was recorded in 1975 but not released on the
Columbia label until 1982.
Stan Getz discography: 1970's
accessed July 23, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic
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review by Scott Yanow stated "More straightahead than Getz's other Columbia albums of the period, this set finds him really pushing himself".
Track listing
# "Summer Night" ( Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 9:59
# "Raven's Wood" (Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn.
Biography
Towner was born i ...
) - 10:54
# "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (often called simply "Lover Man") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her ...
" ( Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 9:25
# " Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper
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, Paul Francis Webster) - 10:34
Personnel
* Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
*Albert Dailey
Albert Preston Dailey (June 16, 1939 – June 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist.
Early life
Dailey was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Albert Preston Dailey Sr, and Gertrude Johnson Dailey.Jon Pareles"Albert Dailey, 46, Jazz ...
- piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
*Clint Houston
Clinton Joseph Houston (June 24, 1946 – June 7, 2000) was an American jazz double-bassist.
Houston played with George Cables and Lenny White in the house band at Slug's, a club in New York City, then played with Nina Simone (1969), Roy Hayne ...
- bass
* Billy Hart - drums
References
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1982 albums
Stan Getz albums
Columbia Records albums