52in52: August 2005

Stanley Getz "The Sound" - tenor saxophone

Born Feb 2nd 1927
Died June 6th 1991

Listening to Stan Getz meets Joao and Astrud Gilberto (1964)

'Let's face it. We (tenor saxophonists) would all play like him, if we could.' -John Coltrane on Stan Getz

John Coltrane - September 23rd 1926 - July 17th 1967

Listening to Impressions (1961) with Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet and alto saxophone

"There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we've discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more and more clearly what we are. In that way, we can give to those who listen the essence, the best of what we are. But to do that at each stage, we have to keep on cleaning the mirror." - John Coltrane