Stan Getz
Baritone Sax Solo on
Anything Goes

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Stan Getz contributes three choruses on baritone sax, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a blazing swing tempo of 265 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation requires fleet execution and decisive melodic choices. Getz follows with three expansive choruses on baritone, his playing lighter and more fleet-footed than one might expect from the larger horn, demonstrating the effortless quality that characterized his playing on any instrument. Recorded for the album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi in 1957, the performance captures Stan Getz at 29 to 30 years old. Drummer Stan Levey contributes a brief quarter-chorus solo that adds rhythmic excitement.

Stan Getz was 29 to 30 years old at the time.