Notes: Touching
on sources such as Bob Dylan and Henry Mancini and Broadway show
tunes Stan takes a pop jazz approach to these songs. And his tenor
sax is sweet as always. The liner notes by Billboard's Jack
Maher draws a comparison between "pop art" and "pop
jazz" as it was in 1963. While the art took the ordinary,
the mundane and by reworking it or placing it into a new context
transformed it into art, the music took music appealing to the
widest possible audience and placed it into a framework which allowed
the artist to swing, roll and contract or expand time as the mood
requires. This is nothing new to Stan who has been playing anything
he hears in his own style since the beginning, while never forgetting
that the melody is the thing. A small collection of notes, a stutter
in time or a note held just a beat longer can make all the difference.
The front cover photo of a reclining Getz, smoke in hand, captures
a reflective artist. Wonderful slab of wax for the fans of Stan.
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