Description
In 1986, Mel Martin asked Stan Getz the following question: What would you like to say to all the saxophone players reading this interview? The saxophonist's answer was instantaneous: Switch to piano! No; really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. A good quartet, listening closely to each other, is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.
What we have here is not a good quartet, but an excellent one. In fact, it is the result of a well rehearsed trio: Oscar Peterson's celebrated unit with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown, plus the beautiful sound of Stan Getz s tenor sax. Peterson and Getz display their truly creative interplay on these sides. This album constitutes their only studio album in a quartet format. The absence of drums adds a magical atmosphere to the warm sound of Getz s saxophone on the ballads, while on the swing tunes, Peterson s skill with his left hand combined with Ellis rhythm guitar work leave no free space for a drummer. 180g vinyl, audiophile pressing.
