Library Rock's Backpages

Stan Getz communicates

Michael Watts, Melody Maker, 17 February 1973

IT WAS Stan Getz's 46th birthday last Friday and they gave him a cake. It was one of those weeks. On the Wednesday his old school in the Bronx, James Monroe High, presented him with a distinguished alumnus award, and in their February edition Playboy voted him for the 17th consecutive year the best tenor saxist.

Total word count of piece: 1725

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.