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Stan Getz - Focus


Label:

Verve (Verve Vault Series)

Genre:

Jazz

Product No.:
AVER 95488
UPC: 602478261718
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180 Gram Vinyl Record


Coming November 14, 2025

180 Gram LP
$27.98

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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.



Side A
1. I'm Late, I'm Late
2. Her
3. Pan

Side B
1. I Remember When
2. Night Rider
3. Once Upon A Time
4. A Summer Afternoon

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