Stan Getz Bob Brookmeyer-Recorded Fall (1961)

There have been many perfect duos in jazz such as Monk & Coltrane, Gillespie/Parker and this perfect match: Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer. One reason for this perfect union is Brookmeyer's talent as a gifted writer/arranger plus his inate Kansas city wit--much of this loosens up Getz from his formality and makes listening to them fun. This disc also features perhaps the best rhythm section Getz ever had like the perennial Roy Haynes on drums, John Neves on bass and ex-Coltrane pianist, Steve Kuhn. They were so perfect together that Getz later fired them perhaps because they upstaged him. But don't let that minor fact deter you from checking out this disc since all the tunes are well matched for this duo like the ballads, "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" or Brookmeyer's "Who Should Care" or the swinging standards like "Nice Work If You Can Get It". Outside of Getz, Brookmeyer would also team up later with another Kansanian, Clark Terry (The Power of Positive Swing'ng) but check this one out since we hear a pre-Bossa Nova Getz at his best!!


1. Minuet Circa '61 -Bob Brookmeyer 10:38
2. Who Could Care -Bob Brookmeyer 4:46
3. Nice Work If You Can Get It -George Gershwin_Ira Gershwin 5:58
4. Thump, Thump, Thump -Bob Brookmeyer 6:52
5. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square-Manning Sherwin Eric Mashwitz 6:59
6. Love Jumped Out -Buck Clayton 7:46