Stan Getz
Tenor Sax Solo on
I Hadn't Anyone Till You

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Stan Getz takes one and a half choruses on tenor sax as the sole soloist on this recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 140 BPM over the 32-bar ABAC in A, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. At this moderate tempo, Getz is able to combine melodic lyricism with rhythmic vitality, crafting phrases that sing while still maintaining forward drive. Recorded for the album Stan Getz Plays in 1952, the performance captures Stan Getz at 24 to 25 years old. This 1952 recording of Ray Noble's I Hadn't Anyone Till You from Stan Getz Plays is a medium-tempo swing performance taken at 140 BPM in the key of A major.

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