Stan Getz - Stan Getz '57 + 7 Bonus Tracks

The complete LP Stan Getz '57 (Verve MGV-8029), which in spite of its title contains recordings made in 1953 by the splendid quintet with Stan Getz and Bob Brookmeyer on the frontline, and also featuring John Williams on piano.

The quintet with Brookmeyer was Getz's working band of the period. Getz and Williams would only collaborate between 1953 and 1955. The pianist would later become a famous composer and the author of several Hollywood scores.

Seven extra tunes by the group from the same sessions have been added as a bonus.

Stan Getz: tenor saxophone
Bob Brookmeyer: valve trombone
John Williams: piano
Teddy Kotick: bass
Frank Isola: drums

Produced by Norman Granz, Los Angeles, July 1953.