Stan Getz: Hershey Bar (studio version)
Track
Hershey Bar (studio version)
Artist
Stan Getz (tenor sax)
CD
The Complete Roost Recordings (Roulette 59622B)
Musicians:
Stan Getz (tenor sax), Al Haig (piano), Tommy Potter (bass), Roy Haynes (drums).
Recorded: New York, May 17, 1950
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
Cool jazz, said Dizzy Gillespie, was "white people's music," played by musicians who, Diz scoffed, "never sweated on the stand." But by 1950, hadn't hyperactive beboppers generated enough perspiration? Stan Getz, who combined Lester Young's light tone with Charlie Parker's dexterity, thought it was time to chill out. Never letting his exquisite sound stifle his enthusiasm, Getz was simultaneously cool yet warm, like hot apple pie à la mode. And, oh yeah, about white people's music? This quartet was evenly comprised of palefaces Getz & Haig and Afro-Americans Potter & Haynes. They may not have sweated, but they damn sure swung.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
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