Stan Getz - Focus
| Label: |
Verve (Verve Vault Series) |
| Genre: |
Jazz |
| Product No.: |
AVER 95488
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| UPC: | 602478261718 |
| Availability: |
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| Category: |
180 Gram Vinyl Record |
| Coming November 14, 2025 | |
Stan Getz — Focus
Part of the Verve Vault Series
180-gram vinyl pressed at Optimal in Germany
Focus, recorded at Webster Hall in New York City and released in 1961 on Verve Records, stands as a singular entry in saxophonist Stan Getz's discography. Focus pairs Getz's expressive tenor saxophone with a string orchestra conducted by Hershy Kay. Getz's parts were entirely improvised, as he navigated pre-composed frameworks with melodic invention and emotional clarity.
The album represents a true collaboration between Sauter and Getz, and a radical departure from the conventions of jazz "with strings" albums of the time. Sauter's charts emphasize contrapuntal writing, rhythmic complexity, and harmonic ambiguity, while Getz — unedited and unrehearsed in the traditional sense — weaves a lyrical, instinctive line throughout. The result remains one of the most original and artistically daring projects in Getz's recorded legacy; the artist's favorite of all the records he made. The Verve Vault Series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Optimal.
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