Focus (jazz album)
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| Studio album by Stan Getz | ||
| Released | 1961 | |
| Recorded | July 14,28 and September 1961 | |
| Genre | Cool jazz | |
| Length | Original: 37:54. Reissue: 43:20 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Producer(s) | Creed Taylor | |
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| Stan Getz chronology | ||
| Jazz Jamboree '60 (1960) | Focus (1961) | Jazz Samba (1962)
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Focus is a jazz album recorded in 1961, featuring Stan Getz on tenor saxophone. The album is a suite which was originally commissioned by Getz for composer and arranger Eddie Sauter. The string ensemble included members of the Beaux-Arts Quartet.
[edit] Track listing
- "I'm Late, I'm Late" – 8:08
- "Her" – 6:11
- "Pan" – 3:55
- "I Remember When" – 5:01
- "Night Rider" – 3:55
- "Once Upon a Time" – 4:46
- "A Summer Afternoon" – 5:58 – 37:54
A 1997 reissue on CD contained the following additional tracks:
- I'm Late, I'm Late (45 rpm issue) – 2:28
- I Remember When (45 rpm issue) – 2:58
[edit] Personnel
- Stan Getz: tenor saxophone
- Alan Martin: violin
- Gerald Tarack: violin
- Norman Carr: violin
- Jacob Glick: viola
- Bruce Rogers: cello
Also possibly:
- John Neves: bass
- Roy Haynes: drums
- Eddie Sauter: arrangements
- Hershey Kay: conductor
1, string parts of 2, 3: 14 probably at Webster Hall NYC at last orchestra parts 4-6, 9 and probably 7: 28 WH NC Getz on 2-7,9 sept oct unknown location
