Quintessence Vol. 2

構成数 : 1
合計収録時間 : 00:42:47
Stan Getz Quartet: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Jim McNeely (piano); George Mraz (bass); Victor Lewis (drums). Additional personnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet). Producers: Steve Getz, Johs Berg. Engineers: Morten Hermansen, Dag Kristoffersen. Recorded live at Sandvika Kino, Baerum, Norway on February 19, 1983. Includes liner notes by Steve Getz, Harris Stratyner, Joe Marillo, and Michael McGovern. This disc is the second of two volumes chronicling a concert featuring two jazz icons together: the late tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and the late trumpeter Chet Baker. Both have carved out niches beyond jazz, and both had serious drug problems that the former overcame and the latter struggled with until the end. Getz and Baker symbolized the "cool school" of jazz, a sometime-misnomer, as both could also blow quite hot. This well-recorded set from Norway in 1983 is a vibrant testament to both players. Getz plays with a gentle yet secure confidence throughout, especially on Sonny Rollins' "Airegin" and George Shearing's "Conception." On the latter, the deft interplay between Getz and Baker is a joy to behold. Baker's tone sounds a wee bit frayed here and there, but the essence of his playing is still a wonderful balance of the sedate and the impassioned. The playing of McNeely, Mraz (surely one of the most durable, dependable bassists in jazz), and Lewis--Getz's regular quartet of the time--is spiritedly sensitive and efficient. While not a masterpiece, QUINTESSENCE does all concerned proud.
録音 : ステレオ (Live)