Stan Getz - Captain Marvel 1972 / Expanded Edition 2003 / 320Kbps - Jazz # DrBn

*Stan Getz, Captain Marvel 1972



Expanded Edition 2003







There’s no question that Stan Getz’ finest recordings were made between 1950 and 1965, but every few years up until the time of his death, he would release a gem that reminded everyone of what a talent he was.

Originally issued in 1972, Captain Marvel was one of these latter-day high points. On the album, Getz embraced the rapidly expanding fusion sub-genre of the jazz world, but he succeeded where many other jazz-rock hybrids failed, largely by utilizing the same loose, organic approach that Miles Davis did on his legendary outings of the late ’60s.

While some other players of his generation were content to do (and re-do) what they'd done in the past, Getz got together with some of the best cutting-edge talent, all of whom (Chick Corea, Tony Williams, Airto Moreira) had been in the bands of fellow legend Miles Davis. Also featured is Stanley Clarke, here only 20 years old and about to become one of the jazz fusion movement's biggest stars.

Except for the lovely Billy Strayhorn ballad Lush Life, all the compositions are by Corea, and would later on be heard in his own Return to Forever band.

There's an infectious, joyous, Latin-tinged lilt to the tunes, which inspires Getz to some of the best playing of his career. His tone retains the "cool" by which he's been characterized - but he blows hot, too. Getz's playing on 500 Miles High is focused ferocity.

This album is one of Getz's (and Corea's) best.



STAN GETZ



Captain Marvel 1972



CD / 2003 / 320Kbps



Tracklist:

1 La Fiesta

2 Five Hundred Miles High

3 Captain Marvel

4 Times Lie

5 Lush Life

6 Day Waves

Bonus Tracks :

7 Crystal Silence (*)

8 Captain Marvel (alternate take)

9 Five Hundred Miles High (alternate take)



Personnel:

Stan Getz, tenor saxophone

Chick Corea, Fender Rhodes piano

Stanley Clarke, acoustic bass

Tony Williams, drums

Airto Moreira, percussion



Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, on March 3, 1972



This release of Captain Marvel was remastered and augmented with a trio of bonus cuts that include two stellar alternate takes (Five Hundred Miles High and the title track) plus a sterling interpretation of Corea’s elegant Crystal Silence.

Even without the extra material, however, this album is a jazz masterpiece, one that turns Miles Davis’ new direction on its ear, mutating it into a wide-sweeping forum for the saxophone.



Stan Getz, a nice bunch of guys

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