(Cool Jazz, Bop) Stan Getz (Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Isola, Jimmy Rowles, John Williams, Max Roach, Teddy Kotick, Tony Fruscella) - The 1953-54 Clef/Norgran Studio Sessions (4 LP) - 2011, MP3, 320 kbps

Record One
01(A1) - Have You Met Miss Jones (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart)(A) 03:13
02(A2) - Erudtion (Bob Brookmeyer) (A) 3:08
03(A3) - Cool Mix (Bob Brookmeyer) (A) 03:03
04(A4) - Rustic Hop (Bob Brookmeyer) (A) 03:44
05(A5) - Love and the Weather (Irving Berlin) (B) 06:29
06(B1) - Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) (B) 06:06
07(B2) - Pot Luck (Johnny Mandel) (D) 03:54
08(B3) - Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell) (C) 05:18
09(B4) - Crazy Rhythm (Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn) (B) 05:49
10(B5) - The Nearness of You (Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington) (D) 03:40

Record Two
01(A1) - Minor Blues (Bob Brookmeyer) (C) 07:01
02(A2) - Fascinating Rhythm (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) (C) 07:59
03(A3) - I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart) (D) 07:36
04(B1) - Tangerine (Victor Schertzinger / Johnny Mercer) (D) 07:01
05(B2) - It Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington / Iringv Mills) (B) 06:17
06(B3) - The Varsity Drag (Ray Henderson / Lew Brown, B. G. De Sylva) (B) 06:55

Record Three
01(A1) - Give Me the Simple Life (Harry Ruby / Rube Bloom) (F) 5:51
02(A2) - I’ll Remember April (Gene de Paul / Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) (F) 10:53
03(A3) - Oh Jane Snavely (Bob Brookmeyer) (F) 06:06
04(B1) - We’ll Be Together Again (Carl T. Fischer / Frankie Laine) (F) 08:42
05(B2) - Feather Merchant (Count Basie, Jimmy Mundy) (F) 08:14
06(B3) - Flamingo (Ted Grouya / Edmund Anderson) (F) 07:27

Record Four
01(A1) - It Don’t Mean a Thing (Alternate Version) (Duke Ellington / Iringv Mills) (B) 06:36
02(A2) - Pot Luck (78 Take) (Johnny Mandel) (D) 03:16
03(A3) - Blue Bells (Phil Sunkel) (G) 07:05
04(A4) - Round Up Time (Phil Sunkel) (G) 07:02
05(B1) - Nobody Else But Me (Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II) (E) 03:32
06(B2) - Down By the Sycamore Tree (Traditional) (E) 03:00
07(B3) - I Hadn’t Anyone Till You (Ray Noble)(E) 02:49
08(B4) - With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair (J. Lawrence-C. Edwards) (E) 03:46
09(B5) - Nobody Else But Me (Alternate Take)(Jerome Kern / Oscar Hammerstein II) (E) 04:40
10(B6) - I Hadn’t Anyone Till You (Alternate Take)(Ray Noble) (E) 03:02

For the purposes of this discography, only the first LP issue is included. All Hollywood sessions were recorded at Radio Records.
(A) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Bob Brookmeyer - Valve Trombone, John Williams - Piano, Bill Crow - Bass, Al Levitt - Drums.
Fulton Studios, New York City, April 16, 1953
1214-1 Cool Mix ● Clef MGC 143
1215-5 Rustic Bop ● Clef MGC 143
1216-1 Have You Met Miss Jones ● Clef MGC 143
1217-2 Erudition ● Clef MGC 143
(B) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Bob Brookmeyer - Valve Trombone, John Williams - Piano, Teddy Kotick - Bass, Frank Isola - Drums.
Hollywood, July 27, 1953
1241-4 Love and the Weather ● Norgran MGN 1000
1242-3 It Don’t Mean a Thing ● MGN 1029
1243-4 Spring Is Here ● MGN 1000
1244-1 The Varsity Rag ● MGN 1029
1245-2 Crazy Rhythm ● MGN 1000
Note: Most discographies date this session as July 30, but the session tapes are clearly labeled July 27, which conforms to Granz’s master number sequence.
(C) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Bob Brookmeyer - Valve Trombone, John Williams - Piano, Teddy Kotick - Bass, Frank Isola - Drums.
Hollywood, August 15, 1953
1263-1 Minor Blues ● Norgran MGN 1008
1264-2 Fascinatin’ Rhythm ● Norgran MGN 1008
1265-3 Willow Weep For Me ● MGN 1000
(D) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Bob Brookmeyer - Valve Trombone, John Williams - Piano, Teddy Kotick - Bass, Frank Isola - Drums.
Hollywood, August 22, 1953
1275-2 It Don’t Mean a Thing (Alternate Take) previously unissued
1276-1 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was ● Norgran MGN 1008
1277-1 Tangerine ● Norgran MGN 1008
1278-2 The Nearness Of You ● MGN 1000
1279-2 Pot Luck ● MGN 1000
1279-3 Pot Luck (78 Take) ● 106 (78)
(E) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Jimmy Rowles - Piano, Bob Whitlock - Bass, Max Roach - Drums.
Hollywood, January 23, 1954
1494-2 Nobody Else But Me (Alternate Take) ● previously unissued
1494-5 Nobody Else But Me ● Verve MGV 8200
1495-1 With the Wind and the Rain In Your Haor ● Norgran MGN 1034
1496-2 I Hadn’t Anyone Till You (Alternate Take) ● previously unissued
1496-6 I Hadn’t Anyone Till You ● Norgran MGN 1034
1497-3 Down By the Sycamore Tree ● Verve MGV 8200
(F) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Bob Brookmeyer - Valve Trombone, John Williams - Piano, Bill Anthony - Bass, Frank Isola - Drums.
Hollywood, November 9, 1954
2036-1 Give Me the Simple Life ● Norgran MGN 1029
2037-1 Oh Jane Snavely ● Norgran MGN 1029
2038-2 We’ll Be Together Again ● MGN 2000-2
2039-1 Feather Merchant ● MGN 2000-2
2040-1 I’ll Remember April ● MGN 1029
2041-1 Flamingo ● Verve MGV 8200
(G) Stan Getz - Tenor Saxophone, Tony Fruscella - Trumpet, John Williams - Piano, Bill Anthony - Bass, Frank Isola - Drums.
Fine Sound, New York City, January 31, 1955
2229-2 Blue Bells ● Verve MGV 8200
2230-2 Round Up Time ● Verve MGV 8200
Album index
Clef MGC 143 The Artistry of Stan Getz (10”)
Norgran MGN 1000 Interpretations By The Stan Getz Quintet (12”)
Norgran MGN 1008 Interpretations By The Stan Getz Quintet #2 (12”)
Norgran MGN 1029 Interpretations By The Stan Getz Quintet #3 (12”)
Norgran MGN 1034 Tenor Saxes (Various Artists) (12”)
Norgran MGN 2000-2 Stan Getz At The Shrine (12”)
Verve MGV 8200 Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds (12”)