Stan Getz: Bossa Nova, Addiction, and the Cool Sound That Haunted an Era

A Jazz Biography of Stan Getz tenor saxophone legend.

De: Spang-a-Lang Publishing

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Stan Getz was more than the saxophone's answer to velvet. He was a man whose tone could make silence ache—and whose life left scorched earth behind every melody. Stan Getz is a hauntingly intimate portrait of one of jazz’s most seductive and self-destructive figures. Drawing from eyewitness accounts, out-of-print interviews, tour diaries, and unreleased session logs, this book strips away the mythology to reveal the man behind the horn: brilliant, broken, cruel, and human.

From the Bronx tenements to Parisian clubs, from the cool jazz scenes of L.A. to the fevered studios of Rio, Getz moved like a ghost—backing legends like Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and João Gilberto, yet always floating just outside the frame. His sound—warm, vaporous, evasive—became synonymous with bossa nova. But for Getz, that global hit was no triumph. It was camouflage.

Through 30 uncompromising chapters, The Sound That Slipped Away confronts the violence beneath the beauty, the addictions behind the lyricism, and the bitterness behind the acclaim. This is no sanitized biography. It’s a jazz historian’s reckoning told in the voice of a sideman who saw it all and cleaned up nothing.

Perfect for readers of jazz history, serious music biography, and fans of true behind-the-scenes accounts, this book swings, mourns, and testifies. If you think you know Stan Getz, this will make you listen again.

Getting to know Stan Getz

A brief biography about the late great Stan Getz, which doesn't disappoint! As a lover and connoisseur of all things Jazz, I can honestly say this title does an excellent job revealing the true behind- the -scenes life of Stan Getz.

Talented yet tortured by his unyielding self imposed constraints, Getz seemed to follow the narrative arc ascribed to all of those society deems to be a genius. His demons played an active part in shaping his greatness yet they aided him in destroying that one priceless attribute needed by all humans... honest real human connection.

This title does an amazing job making you feel as if you're literally in the studio or sitting in the audience as Getz delivered his most memorable performances.

For Jazz lovers and anyone interested in the amazing behind-the-scenes "on goings" of the lives of history's most memorable Jazz musicians, this title comes highly recommend!