The Sound, the Fury, and the Bossa Nova: Unpacking the Legacy of Stan Getz and the Definitive Getz/Gilberto ’76 Vinyl Release
Executive Overview Few figures in the sprawling, often chaotic history of twentieth-century American music occupied as profound a paradox as the tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. Revered globally as "The Sound"—a moniker earned through his uniquely warm, breathy, and liquid-smooth lyrical tone—Getz stood as a monumental pillar of both cool jazz and the global bossa nova … Read more
