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Stan Getz
real name Stanley Gayetzsky
Philadelphia, United States · 1927-02-02 – 1991-06-06
Stan Getz is credited on 4,297 releases across 801 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,297
Credits
801
Albums
8
Decades active
687
In collections
Biography
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Born February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA, died June 6, 1991 in Malibu, CA. American jazz saxophonist of Jewish descent.
Winner of 5 Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental) for Desafinado from Getz / Gilberto
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group for Getz / Gilberto
- Album Of The Year for Getz / Gilberto
- Record Of The Year for The Girl From Ipanema
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for I Remember You from Serenity
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Credited work
4,297 releases · 801 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 5,768
- Other credits · 429
- Production · 167
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Pierce Hall, Washington, D.C. · Storyville, Boston · Carnegie Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Getz / Gilberto
1964

Adore
1998

'Round About Midnight
1957

Jazz Samba
1962

Labcabincalifornia
1995

Getz Au Go Go
1964

The Main Ingredient
1994

Bass On Top
1957

Whiplash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2014

Sweet Rain
1967

Small World
1988

Previously Unreleased Recordings
1974

Impressions
1963

Volume 1
1955

Getz / Gilberto #2
1966

Jazz Samba Encore!
1963

Big Band Bossa Nova
1962

Focus
1961

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

Bilingual
1996

The Language Of Life
1990

At The Opera House
1957

Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
1963

Cool Velvet
1960
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Miles Davis
- Stan Getz Quartet
- Woody Herman
- Benny Goodman
- The Stan Getz Quintet
- Astrud Gilberto
- The Stan Getz Quartet
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