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The life of Stan Getz was a rollercoaster ride. The tenor saxophonist, whose distinctively beautiful tone earned him the nickname “The Sound,” entranced listeners and put him on top of the polls.
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Yet his personal life was turbulent, marred by depression, alcohol and heroin addictions, and violent outbursts. In his book Stan Getz: A Life in Jazz Donald L. Maggin quotes saxophonist Zoot Sims as saying, “Yeah, Stan’s a nice bunch of guys.”
Born on February 2, , and raised in the Bronx, Getz was a handsome, intelligent child who was drawn to music.
He began playing harmonica, and in high school he progressed to bass, then bassoon, and demonstrated perfect pitch and a photographic memory. He acquired a beat-up alto saxophone in , played local gigs and saved enough to buy a tenor.
In he quit school and joined the band of trombonist Jack Teagarden which broke up in southern California where Getz settled.
In he joined the Stan Kenton band and, at eighteen, became its premiere soloist.