Stan Getz
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Most of my favorite artists growing up were on Verve ... I have of photo of myself with Stan Getz when I was 13; I snuck backstage, and he let me hold his saxophone. There’s also a letter that Oscar Peterson sent me when I was 14, saying ‘keep up the good work.’ It’s framed in my office — I’m looking at it right now.More quotes »
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Kenny G smoothly controls Pittsburgh Symphony Pops stage
âHavanaâ and âForever in Love.â While he mainly played soprano, he took up tenor sax to play âDesafinadoâ in tribute to Stan Getz. He played a bit of âThe Girl from Ipanemaâ as Getz's best-known hit, then neatly wove fragments of it into his performance of from Pittsburgh Entertainment Read more »
