Stan Getz Quartet - But Beautiful - Umbria Jazz 1989

Stan Getz - Tenor Sax
Kenny Barron - Piano
Yasuhito Mori - Bass
Ben Riley - Drums

[@paulademichele1313]

One of my favorite ballads - and the best instrumental rendition I've ever heard. Kenny Barron's final riff is - I can't think of a good enough word. "But beautiful", perhaps. Amazing. And seeing Getz, who could be difficult to work with, sitting smiling, admiring Barron's playing, ceding the finale to Barron. Wonderful. The music comes first.

[@rongrattini178]

Top 3 all time. Fabulous pure sound.

[@michaelcorenzwit716]

I miss the unmistakable and instantly recognizable beautiful sound and playing of Stan Getz.

[@adammcculloch5614]

what a beautiful version. Barron is astonishing, Getz solo's effortless perfection

[@michaelchapman4955]

Amazing Getz performance once again..... & Yes, Kenny Barron was brilliant.... In 92 I happen to meet Stan's son at an LA meeting kinda by accident 'Stan's son was talking about his dad who recently passed & I immediately knew who his dad was & befriended Stan's son & wasn't aware Stan had passed. "Small world as his dad, Stan Getz was a favorite of mine going back to my teens & we were able to get together a few times & talk jazz & discovered we both had several of the same jazz albums & favorites 'hope he's doing well have lost contact with him 'He's also a jazz musician.

[@jont7756]

Michael Chapman I believe his son passed a few years ago. My friend plays at a charity event for stans wife Monica.

[@EuphoricImpact]

Kenny Barron is such an underrated pianist. Awesome as Stan's sideman. Sweet solo! Stan, wow, listen to that velvet tone...so melodic. One of his "powers" (imo) was how he was able to sing, on the sax, and his perfect note placement. He is one of my main men when it comes to ballads. Yasuhito Mori I have not heard much from, but I like his timbre. Ben Riley, imo, another underrated musician. He is never too busy, and does not drop any opportunity to be a firm support. Thanks!

[@michaelcorenzwit6860]

This song is aptly named to describe this exquisite performance by Getz and Barron. “But Beautiful”.

[@jimneely2052]

Smoooooth as silk... tone like desmond.

[@danielscheinhaus5210]

I love the output from this group, led by Stan

[@EpicSliceable]

The piano solo was perfect

[@danielscheinhaus5210]

Everyone is just great in this recording.

[@jimradford8485]

These guys are all wonderful. Kenny Barron, Yashito Mori, and Ben Riley. That they are playing with Getz is an indication of their impeccable musicianship. Only the best can hang with this man. In my world, as it pertains to saxophone players, there is Stan Getz, and then there is everybody else. That goes for the piano of Kenny Barron as well. "But Beautiful" is an absolute beauty.

[@raymondforbes3025]

Simply beautiful

[@gerhardbitter1581]

It swings and swings and sounds and swings. Neither God nor the devil can do it better and the melody is pure love.

[@amedeonicoletti2690]

They are so great

[@jeffcopoloff8716]

Versatility. No one single Tenor player EVER had nor ever will have the Range that Getz had ...... he could play ANYONE, but they ( Train , Dex , Sonny , Jimmy , etc... ) could never do Getz..... in my dreams , I can play with the masculine Power of Dexter and the precision and tonality of Getz

[@riccardoragone7658]

da sempre nel cuore,in quanto a ballad storiche,emozionanti,e all atmosfera di umbria jazz indimenticabile.........

[@jont7756]

Just love how Stan is watching him and smiling. Priceless!

[@johnfenner347]

This is a most wonderful performance !. Thank goodness it was recorded. Superb playing from Stan and all. It’s a super prestigious festival. A ghastly shame that the Piano 🎹 tuner, was not asked to check some “ screamers “, on the instrument. So many times going back years, wonderful music, has been recorded, when the Piano has been an afterthought. I despair x x .

[@irakey]

to add Stan's beautiful solo in double time . Everybody in it ..Kenny ..everybody

[@richardgrady8417]

What Kenny did in that coda was unbelievably beautiful !!!

[@paulgibby6932]

7:22 Stan, not sure where this is going :)

[@Cenzontle7]

Lovely. Perfect, fascinating, beautiful, great solos, great ensemble playing. Stan stopped perfecting his sound and Kenny hasn't either.

[@gerhardbitter1581]

Kenny, Stan, Yasuhito und Ben sind die Nachfolger von Joseph, Wolfgang und Ludwig

[@riccardoragone7658]

Mi commuovo sempre,Stan nel cuore...

[@jont7756]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="417">6:57</a> to the end! Wow!

[@paulcarry2299]

Escuché este grupo en vivo en Skeppsholmen, Estocolmo en ese mismo año... que maravilla... no podía creer el sonido en vivo que tenían... que solistas!!! que músicos!!! que artistas!!!

[@cookhud]

Just beautiful. Wow.

[@danielscheinhaus5210]

Just listen to those ideas coming out of Stan's head!

[@michaelbarton3277]

Yes, and to a great extent they are "coming out" because he's listening to, and utilizing, what the great Kenny Barron suggests on every harmonic change. Just as Kenny is listening to him. That's how it is supposed to work in a great jazz ensemble. It becomes very difficult to sort out the "accompanist" and the "soloist" because they are so tightly bound together. And while we're at it, let's give a nod to the marvelous Jimmy Van Heusen for laying down such a fertile melodic and harmonic ground.

[@bertilselminger1855]

So beautiful!!!

[@filipeghetto]

WOWWWWW!! i fell so god on that song!! very inteligent and bealty

[@jefcam814]

STAN looks pleased,not a look I saw in his eyes often. SAW him live many times!

[@irakey]

beautiful...

[@danielfavre7741]

e daniel: a very expressive interpretation of this song by a great group with stan getz (the sound)

[@antoniorobertogonzalezsuar1584]

Sensacional Stant Gets saxofonista de notable calidad

[@jenesuispascommecaaunature6874]

Stan + Kenny = Atomic Bomb

[@brunellarecchia4656]

❤️

[@ra6378]

Every tenor player with a day job that listens to this clip is like "yeah, I'm playing my sax toNIGHT!

[@danielfavre7741]

Jazz is an unifying entity of humanity.

[@kpmalex213]

Geweldig

[@mathieunorry]

Nobody better on sax than Stan

[@charlesbarry6730]

What a sound! Stan is accompanied by the legendary Kenny Barron

[@tellitlikeitis-rg4ny]

Nothing more nothing less than genius

[@jont7756]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="485">8:05</a>-7

[@marioabela8282]

Brilliant jazz.Samuel Mario Abela

[@jacquesdeghorain3162]

Il est vrai que Kenny Barron s'est souvent contenté du rôle d'accompagnateur.......Mais il a su montrer qu'il était capable de se montrer extrêmement imaginatif et intéressant à tous points de vue.....il ne devait pas , sans doute , avoir d'autre ambition que celle de suivre Stan . Il aurait pu ouvrir ses ailes , qui étaient pourtant très grandes........

[@charlesbarry6730]

Who is the drummer?

[@jrayspop]

Ben Riley

[@danielfavre7741]

e daniel:"but beautiful",a great version of this also great quartet.stan getz,the sound, always marvellous.special mention at piano solo and japanese basser yasuhito mori,a discovery.

[@jeffcopoloff8716]

How can a person possibly play the Tenor like Stan Getz ? It’s simply Not possible . John , Bird , Michael maybe … but , I honestly don’t believe anyone can play the Tenor like Stan did .

[@jacquesdeghorain3162]

une très grande perte que Stan Getz....que dire de plus ??

[@riccardoragone7658]

Meravigliosi

[@JoelLidstrom]

Always painful to hear great artists having to use such an out-of-tune piano.