Stan Getz
Tenor Sax Solo on
'Tis Autumn

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Stan Getz's tenor saxophone solo on "'Tis Autumn" is the only solo on this intimate 1952 ballad performance from Stan Getz Plays. He takes a quarter chorus of the 32-bar AABA form at a slow 65 BPM in A-flat. Stan jumps back to the bridge after playing the melody and then solos only over the B section. This concise approach to ballad improvisation reflects Getz's aesthetic of saying more with less, his warm, breathy tone and exquisite phrasing making every note count in the brief solo space over Henry Nemo's lesser-known standard.

Stan Getz was 24 to 25 years old at the time.