Stan Getz West Coast Jazz

This 1999 reissue contains seven bonus tracks not on the original release.Personnel: Stan Getz (tenor saxophone); Conte Candoli (trumpet); Lou Levy (piano); Leroy Vinnegar (bass); Shelly Manne (drums).Producer: Norman Granz.Reissue producer: Ben Young.Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on August 9, 15 & 19, 1955. Includes liner notes by Phil Bailey.Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Chris Herles (Polygram Studios).This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.In 1955 the difference between East/West Coast jazz was a hot topic, with critics and fans capable of taking zealous musical alliances with one or the other. The title of this disc, West Coast Jazz, was conceived as a joke, considering all musicians involved were originally from the East Coast and did not play exclusively in the laid-back, commercially profitable, cool style, as pigeonholed by some. Stan Getz was in California for his part in the film the Benny Goodman Story, where he picked up a