Spring Is Here (album)

Spring Is Here
Live album by
Released1992
RecordedMay 10, 1981
Keystone Korner, San Francisco, California
GenreJazz
Length50:28
LabelConcord Jazz
CCD 4500
ProducerCarl Jefferson
Stan Getz chronology
The Dolphin
(1981)
Spring Is Here
(1992)
Billy Highstreet Samba
(1981)

Spring Is Here is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at Keystone Korner in 1981 at the same time as Get's album The Dolphin, and released on the Concord Jazz label in 1992, shortly after Getz's death.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said the album featured "Getz's tone and strong improvising skills at their best".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 10:08
  2. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) - 5:32
  3. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 6:51
  4. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) - 5:34
  5. "Old Devil Moon" (Lane, Yip Harburg) - 10:18
  6. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 6:41
  7. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 7:46

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 26, 2016
  2. ^ Stan Getz discography: 1980's, accessed July 26, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Spring Is Here – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (5th ed.). Penguin. p. 565. ISBN 0-14-051452-X.