I'm curious about this too, and yeah, I've tried to get into Focus before but the strings and production qualities are just a tad dated or "polyester-era 60's" for me.1. Focus
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Ha! Interesting that you would use the term polyester for the sixties... more of the tie dye era then. Focus was recorded over a pre-recorded orchestral track laid down by Eddie Sauter and an orchestral assemblage. The part that made it special was that Getz did the entire recording improvisationally and the end result is a series of tracks that totally highlight his iprov creativity at that time. As for dated, the OP asked for vinyl and Getz and that puts everything pre 1990s.I'm curious about this too, and yeah, I've tried to get into Focus before but the strings and production qualities are just too dated, too "polyester-era 60's" for me.
What would folks recommend in terms of his more raw, acoustic, straight-ahead jazz? And I'm talking about earlier stuff as I'm aware of the later Kenny Barron albums (Anniversary, etc.) which are excellent but which I've pretty much played out....
Stan Getz has one of the greatest swing-feels of all time! His time was awesome. I love just about everything he played but my favorites are People Time (duo w/Kenny Barron...get the full box set for a real treat), The Dolphin, Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, and Poetry (duo w/ Albert Dailey).I'm steadily expanding my vinyl collection, and so far I have Getz/Gilberto, Jazz Samba, and Stella By Starlight and I can't seem to get enough of his playing! What other albums should I look into getting?