LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL LP PRESSING INCLUDING DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. THIS LP WHICH CAME AFTER TWO PREVIOUS VOLUMES PRESENTED FURTHER QUINTET SIDES BY THE GROUP FORMED BY STAN GETZ WITH BOB BROOKMEYER PIANIST (AND FUTURE HOLLYWOOD COMPOSER) JOHN WILLIAMS BASSISTS TEDDY KOTICK OR BILL ANTHONY AND DRUMMER FRANK ISOLA. GETZS WORKING BAND OF THE PERIOD THE QUINTET WAS BOOKED IN THE SUMMER OF 1953 TO PLAY AT ZARDIS NIGHTCLUB ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD DURING SEVEN UNINTERRUPTED WEEKS. THE LONG ENGAGEMENT WOULD EXPAND THE QUINTETS REPERTOIRE WHICH NORMAN GRANZ TOOK ADVANTAGE OF DURING THESE SESSIONS. GETZ AND JOHN WILLIAMS WOULD ONLY WORK TOGETHER DURING THE PERIOD 1953-55. GETZ AND BOB BROOKMEYER FIRST RECORDED TOGETHER IN 1952. THEY WOULD CONTINUE PLAYING AND RECORDING TOGETHER SPORADICAL60S AND 70S. GETZ AND DRUMMER FRANK ISOLA FIRST RECORDED TOGETHER IN 1952WHEN GETZ QUINTET INCLUDED YET ANOTHER EX-PARKER MEMBER PIANIST DUKE JORDANAS WELL AS JIMMY RANEYAND BASSIST BILL CROW. ISOLA WOULD REMAIN WITH GETZ UNTIL 1955AND AFTER THAT THEY WOULD NEVER RECORD TOGETHER AGAIN.
Tracklist
A1 It Don’t Mean A Thing
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
6:21
A2 The Varsity Drag
Written-By – Lew Brown – B.G De Sylva – Ray Henderson*
6:57
A3 Give Me The Simple Life
Written-By – Harry Ruby, Rube Bloom
5:55
B1 I’ll Remember April
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston
10:59
B2 Oh, Jane Snavely
Composed By – Bob Brookmeyer
6:09
B3 Pot Luck*
Composed By – Johny Mandel
3:16
A1 It Don’t Mean A Thing
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
6:21
A2 The Varsity Drag
Written-By – Lew Brown – B.G De Sylva – Ray Henderson*
6:57
A3 Give Me The Simple Life
Written-By – Harry Ruby, Rube Bloom
5:55
B1 I’ll Remember April
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston
10:59
B2 Oh, Jane Snavely
Composed By – Bob Brookmeyer
6:09
B3 Pot Luck*
Composed By – Johny Mandel
3:16