{"product_id":"stan-getz-focus-verve-vault-series","title":"Stan Getz - Focus (Verve Vault Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocus, recorded at Webster Hall in New York City and released in 1961 on Verve Records, stands as a singular entry in saxophonist Stan Getz's discography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocus pairs Getz's expressive tenor saxophone with a string orchestra conducted by Hershy Kay. Getz's parts were entirely improvised, as he navigated pre-composed frameworks with melodic invention and emotional clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album represents a true collaboration between Sauter and Getz, and a radical departure from the conventions of jazz \"with strings\" albums of the time. Sauter's charts emphasize contrapuntal writing, rhythmic complexity, and harmonic ambiguity, while Getz - unedited and unrehearsed in the traditional sense - weaves a lyrical, instinctive line throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result remains one of the most original and artistically daring projects in Getz's recorded legacy; the artist's favorite of all the records he made. The Verve Vault Series is always mastered from analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54211772350793,"sku":"602478261718","price":0.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/7329\/9785\/files\/4458474-3477601.jpg?v=1776397619","url":"https:\/\/vintagespinvinyl.com\/products\/stan-getz-focus-verve-vault-series","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}