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West Coast Jazz
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
West Coast Jazz is an album from 1955 by Stan Getz with a quartet that also includes trumpeter Conte Candoli. Getz recorded the record in California, where he was filming scenes for The Benny Goodman Story and played for a week at Zardi's Jazzland. He also chose the musicians who accompanied him there for the album. The producer was Norman Granz and David Stone Martin drew the cover.
The title is a joke, because Getz did not belong to the West Coast style. Al Campbell of AllMusic in fact heard strong group playing with energetic bop solos, especially in S-H-I-N-E and Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia. Billboard called the record a smash in October 1955, one that swings powerfully. In 1996 the album was reissued on Verve with extra tracks.
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Track list
- 1East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)6:21Apple Music ↗
- 2Four7:36Apple Music ↗
- 3Suddenly It's Spring7:00Apple Music ↗
- 4Night in Tunisia6:13Apple Music ↗
- 5Summertime6:08Apple Music ↗
- 6S-H-I-N-E9:05Apple Music ↗
- 7Split Kick7:57Apple Music ↗
- 8Of Thee I Sing4:13Apple Music ↗
- 9A Handful of Stars3:24Apple Music ↗
- 10Love Is Here to Stay3:29Apple Music ↗
- 11Serenade in Blue4:05Apple Music ↗
- 12Of Thee I Sing (Alternate Take) [Alternate Take]4:58Apple Music ↗
- 13Love Is Here to Stay (Alternate Take) [Alternate Take]3:30Apple Music ↗
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