At The Opera House by Stan Getz

At The Opera House

Stan Getz

1957

At The Opera House is a Jazz album by Stan Getz, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 70 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Bebop & Hard Bop
  • polished
  • tender
  • romantic

About

At first glance, promoter/producer Norman Granz’s pairing of Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson for Jazz at the Philharmonic didn’t make a lot of sense. This was 1957: Getz was exploring cool jazz, while Johnson was moving toward hard bop; Getz played tenor, Johnson played trombone. So credit the players’ sympathy—and Granz’s freakishly reliable intuition—for the fact that it works. Culled from two shows—one in Los Angeles, another in Chicago—and backed by a powerful band (including Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, and Modern Jazz Quartet drummer Connie Kay), <i>At the Opera House</i> is a standout moment in the JATP series, an instance of contrast and collaboration revealing new sides to seemingly familiar players. The hard-driving stuff is expectedly great (“Billie’s Bounce,” a breakneck “Crazy Rhythm”), but it’s the ballads that surprise—particularly the Getz spotlight “It Never Entered My Mind” and two iterations of “My Funny Valentine,” where Getz and Johnson dovetail for minutes on end without stepping on each other's toes.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Billie's Bounce (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Opera House, Chicago / 1957]9:45
  2. 2My Funny Valentine (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Opera House, Chicago / 1957]8:10
  3. 3Crazy Rhythm (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Opera House, Chicago / 1957]7:59
  4. 4Blues In the Closet (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Opera House, Chicago / 1957]9:04
  5. 5Billie's Bounce (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957] [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]7:57
  6. 6My Funny Valentine (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]8:28
  7. 7Crazy Rhythm (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]7:47
  8. 8Yesterdays (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]3:42
  9. 9It Never Entered My Mind (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]3:52
  10. 10Blues In the Closet (feat. Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Connie Kay) [Live At The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles / 1957]6:18

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Performers

5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 70 pressings tracked on Gatefold