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13 quotes by Stan Getz

Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz went on to perform in...
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If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

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A good quartet is like a good conversation among friends interacting to each other's ideas.

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The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect... →

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You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.

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My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

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As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

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You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

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I appreciate men like Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins very much.

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I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

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We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful... →

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I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got.

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Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.

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Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have... →

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