Focus

by Stan Getz & Eddie Sauter

Focus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1962
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:22
  • Community rating: 4.2/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Eddie Sauter

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned by Stan Getz himself, Eddie Sauter composed a complex, drummerless suite for a string ensemble without any written saxophone parts. Getz improvised brilliantly over the pre-recorded orchestral tracks, resulting in a tense, cinematic third-stream masterpiece that Getz considered his crowning achievement.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, acoustic, instrumental, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. I'm Late, I'm Late (8:08)
  2. Her (6:10)
  3. Pan (3:55)
  4. I Remember When (5:00)
  5. Night Rider (3:55)
  6. Once Upon A Time (4:46)
  7. A Summer Afternoon (5:58)
  8. I'm Late, I'm Late - 45rpm Issue (2:28)
  9. I Remember When - 45rpm Issue (2:57)

Credits

  • Stan Getz - primary artist, tenor saxophone
  • Eddie Sauter - primary artist, arranged by, composed by
  • John Neves - bass
  • Bruce Rogers - cello
  • Hershy Kay - conductor
  • Roy Haynes - drums
  • Ray Hall - engineer [recording, mastering]
  • Dom Cerulli - liner notes
  • Pete Turner - photography by [cover]
  • Steve Kuhn - piano
  • Creed Taylor - producer
  • Jacob Glick - viola
  • Alan Martin - violin
  • Gerald Tarack - violin
  • Norman Carr - violin

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