Stan Getz

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2 CD

• INCLUDES 16 BONUS TRACKS

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents two complete albums recorded by the great Stan Getz during his 1955 and 1958 tours to Sweden. They consist of Stan Getz in Stockholm (Verve MGV-8213), and Imported from Europe (Verve MGV-8331). Getz is backed on these dates by such talented musicians as Lars Gullin, Benny Bailey, Åke Persson, and Bengt Hallberg. As a bonus to the original contents of the albums, eleven extra tunes and alternate takes from the 1958 sessions have benn added, as well as an extremely rare live set from the same year presenting Getz in front of a Danish big band.

PERSONNEL:

• STAN GETZ, tenor sax on all tracks, with:

• CD ONE [1-8]: STAN GETZ IN STOCKHOLM
• BENGT HALLBERG, piano
• GUNNAR JOHNSON, bass
• ANDERS “ANDREW” BURMAN, drums
• Stockholm, Sweden, December 16, 1955.

• CD TWO [1-7]: IMPORTED FROM EUROPE
• BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
• AKE PERSSON, trombone
• ERIK NORSTRÖM or BJARNE NEREM, tenor sax
• LARS GULLIN, baritone sax
• JAN JOHANSSON, or BENGT HALLBERG, piano
• GUNNAR JOHNSON, bass
• WILLIAM SCHIÖPPFE, drums
• Europa Film, Sunbyberg, Sweden, August-September 1958.

• BONUS TRACKS: CD ONE [9-15] & CD TWO [8-11]:
• From the Imported from Europe sessions. Not included on the original LP.

• CD TWO [12-16]: Stan Getz (ts) with Ib Glindemann and His Big Band: Palle Bolvig, Svend Lundvig, Allan Botschinsky (tp), Bent Ronak, John Lind (tb), Johannes Jorgensen, Uffe Karskov (as), Karl Lewkowitch, Poul Moller (ts), Kai Mathiesen (bar), Bent Axen (p), Marcel Rigot (b), Jorn Elniff (d). Ib Glindemann (cond, arr). Getz and the rhythm section only on “Pennies from Heaven”.
• Live at Sonderjyllands-Hallen, Aabenraa, Denmark, December 13, 1958.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE: (77:57 Min)
• 01 Indiana
• 02 Without A Song
• 03 I Don’t Stand A Ghost of A Chance with You
• 04 I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love with Me
• 05 Everything Happens To Me
• 06 Over The Rainbow
• 07 Get Happy
• 08 Jeepers Creepers
• 09 Celebration (Janne’s Blues) (*)
• 10 Cabin In The Sky (*)
• 11 Gold Rush (*)
• 12 Celebration (Janne’s Blues) [Alt] (*)
• 13 Cabin In The Sky [Alt 1] (*)
• 14 Cabin In The Sky [Alt 2] (*)
• 15. Gold Rush (*)

• CD TWO: (75:04 Min.)
• 01 Bengt’s Blues
• 02 Honeysuckle Rose
• 03 They Can’t Take That Away From Me
• 04 Topsy
• 05 Like Someone In Love
• 06 Speak Low
• 07 Stockholm Street
• 08 Like Someone In Love [Alt 1] (*)
• 09 Like Someone In Love [Alt 2] (*)
• 10 Speak Low [Alt] (*)
• 11 Stockholm Street [Alt] (*)
• 12 Pennies From Heaven (*)
• 13 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (*)
• 14 Cherokee (*)
• 15 Rain (*)
• 16 My Funny Valentine (*)
• 15 Gold Rush [Alt] (*)