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(Cool, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz) [CD] Stan Getz - Stan Getz Quartets - 1950 (2013 Japan SHM-CD Edition), FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Stan Getz - Stan Getz Quartets Жанр: Cool, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz Носитель: CD Страна-производитель диска (релиза): Япония Год издания: 2013 Издатель (лейбл): Prestige/Universal Номер по каталогу: UCCO-5202 Страна исполнителя (группы): США Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 51:17 Источник (релизер): watchnerd (what) Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: нет Треклист: 01. There's a Small Hotel (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:57 02. I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter) - 3:18 03. What's New? (Haggart-Burke) - 3:21 04. Too Marvelous for Words (Mercer-Whiting) - 2:56 05. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Kahn-Brown) - 2:55 06. My Old Flame (Johnston-Coslow) - 2:44 07. Long Island Sound (Getz) - 2:59 08. Indian Summer (Herbert) - 2:50 09. Mar-cia (Getz) - 2:43 10. Crazy Chords (Getz) - 2:37 11. The Lady in Red (Dixon-Wrubel) - 3:17 12. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Barris-Koehler-Moll) - 3:08 13. My Old Flame (alternate take) (Johnston-Coslow) - 2:45 14. The Lady in Red (alternate take) (Dixon-Wrubel) - 3:18 15. Prezervation - 2:46 16. Intoit - 3:24 17. I've Got You Under My Skin (alternate take) (Porter) - 3:19 Состав: Stan Getz - tenor saxophone Al Haig, Tony Aless - piano Gene Ramey, Tommy Potter, Percy Heath - bass Stan Levey, Roy Haynes, Don Lamond - drums Recorded in New York on June 21, 1949 - April 14, 1950.   Лог создания рипа X Lossless Decoder version 20141129 (148.1) XLD extraction logfile from 2015-01-03 15:43:15 -0800 Stan Getz / Stan Getz Quartets Used drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRW GX40N (revision RQ00) Media type : Pressed CD Ripper mode : XLD Secure Ripper Disable audio cache : OK for the drive with a cache less than 1375KiB Make use of C2 pointers : NO Read offset correction : 6 Max retry count : 20 Gap status : Analyzed, Appended (except HTOA) TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 00:00:00 | 02:56:55 | 0 | 13254 2 | 02:56:55 | 03:18:25 | 13255 | 28129 3 | 06:15:05 | 03:21:25 | 28130 | 43229 4 | 09:36:30 | 02:56:23 | 43230 | 56452 5 | 12:32:53 | 02:54:60 | 56453 | 69562 6 | 15:27:38 | 02:43:67 | 69563 | 81854 7 | 18:11:30 | 02:59:05 | 81855 | 95284 8 | 21:10:35 | 02:49:43 | 95285 | 108002 9 | 24:00:03 | 02:43:22 | 108003 | 120249 10 | 26:43:25 | 02:36:50 | 120250 | 131999 11 | 29:20:00 | 03:17:15 | 132000 | 146789 12 | 32:37:15 | 03:07:43 | 146790 | 160857 13 | 35:44:58 | 02:45:07 | 160858 | 173239 14 | 38:29:65 | 03:17:50 | 173240 | 188064 15 | 41:47:40 | 02:45:73 | 188065 | 200512 16 | 44:33:38 | 03:24:05 | 200513 | 215817 17 | 47:57:43 | 03:19:00 | 215818 | 230742 AccurateRip Summary (DiscID: 001f7eb3-018dde59-060c0411) Track 01 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 02 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 03 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 04 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 05 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 06 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 07 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 08 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 09 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 10 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 11 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 12 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 13 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 14 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 15 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 16 : OK (v2, confidence 3/3) Track 17 : OK (v2, confidence 2/2) ->All tracks accurately ripped. 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The Lady in Red (alternate take).flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Prezervation" REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -0.82 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.552032 INDEX 00 03:14:59 FILE "15 - Prezervation.flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "Intoit" REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -0.74 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.609558 INDEX 00 02:42:54 FILE "16 - Intoit.flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "I've Got You Under My Skin (alternate take)" REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN -0.68 dB REM REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK 0.622742 INDEX 00 03:20:38 FILE "17 - I've Got You Under My Skin (alternate take).flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00     Отчет CUETools [CUETools log; Date: 05.01.2015 3:17:58; Version: 2.1.5] [CTDB TOCID: ienBN8TyrkIo6CXXi_ubgEfJFhc-] disk not present in database. 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Before scoring with "Girl From Ipanema," though, Getz established himself with a slew of fine dates for Prestige and Verve, including this one from 1950. At the time, Getz's cool, Lester Young-inspired sound was becoming more distinct and harmonically varied, featuring the beautifully mellifluous tone he would soon turn into his trademark. Getz's airy approach is optimally heard on Quartets' many ballad standards, including stellar versions of "My Old Flame" and "What's New." He even pens the standout ballad of the set, "Mar-cia," while demonstrating his varied writing skills with the original swinger "Crazy Chords." Other highlights include medium cookers like "There's a Small Hotel" and "Too Marvelous for Words" and the Latin-tinged "Lady in Red" (a sort of minor classic and admittedly one of Getz's favorites). Getz is ably supported by top players throughout, including pianist Al Haig, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Roy Haynes. Although the sound is not crystal clear (this is, after all, the early days of the LP), Quartets is still a very enjoyable set. Those new to his work, though, might want to start in with later, better-sounding releases on Verve, like Stan Getz Plays or Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio.
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