Stan Getz
Tenor Sax Solo on
I Didn't Know What Time It Was

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Stan Getz contributes two choruses on tenor sax, the second of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium swing tempo of 130 BPM over the 36-bar AABA' in C, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Stan Getz follows with two tenor saxophone choruses of characteristic beauty, his luminous tone and effortless phrasing turning each chorus into a gem of melodic invention. Recorded for the album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi in 1957, the performance captures Stan Getz at 29 to 30 years old. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is the most generously proportioned performance on the 1957 Verve album Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi, with four soloists contributing to an extended exploration of Richard Rodgers's beautiful 36-bar AABA' form.

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