Laverne or La Verne may refer to:

Places

• La Verne, California, a city
  • University of La Verne, a private research university in La Verne
• Laverne, California, a former settlement
• Laverne, Oklahoma, a town

People:

• Laverne Andrews (1911-1967), one of The Andrews Sisters singing group
• Laverne Harding (1905-1984), American cartoon animator
• LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (born 1981), sprinter from the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Andy LaVerne (born 1947), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
• Marc Chirik (1907-1990), also known as Marc Laverne, Communist revolutionary and one of the founding militants of the International Communist Current
• Lauren Laverne (born 1978), English disc jockey and television presenter
• Lucille La Verne (1872-1945), American actress

Fictional characters:

• Laverne De Fazio, of the television series Laverne & Shirley
• Laverne Roberts, a nurse on the television series Scrubs
• Laverne Todd, a nurse on the television series Empty Nest
• One of the characters in the television show The Cher Show
• One of the player characters in the adventure game Day of the Tentacle
• Laverne (gargoyle), one of the supporting characters from Disney's 1996 animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

See also[link]

• Verne (disambiguation)

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Lauren Laverne
Lauren Laverne in 2007
Born	Lauren Cecilia Gofton (1978-04-28) 28 April 1978 (age 34) Sunderland, England, UK
Nationality	British
Other names	La La
Occupation	Disc jockey, television presenter, singer, author
Years active	1994–present
Television	The Culture Show 10 O'Clock Live

Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton) (born 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is a British radio DJ, television presenter, author and singer. She currently presents a radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music, and has presented a variety of television programmes including 10 O'Clock Live for Channel 4, and The Culture Show and coverage of the Glastonbury Festival for the BBC. Laverne has also written a published novel entitled Candypop: Candy and the Broken Biscuits.

In her previous career as a musician, Laverne was best known for being lead singer and sometime guitarist in pop band Kenickie, although her greatest chart success came when she performed vocals on Mint Royale's "Don't Falter" single.

Early years[link]

Laverne was born and brought up in Sunderland.^[1] She first attended St. Mary's R.C. Primary School in 1982, where she befriended Marie Nixon, later to become a fellow Kenickie guitarist, and then St. Anthony's R.C. Comprehensive School between 1989 and 1994, where she and Nixon met Emma Jackson. Laverne went on to study at City of Sunderland College from 1994 to 1996.^{[citation needed]}

Music[link]

During her time at college, Laverne, Nixon and Jackson formed a teen punk band called Kenickie with Laverne's brother Peter, taking the stage names Lauren Laverne, Marie du Santiago, Emmy-Kate Montrose and Johnny X. As their popularity grew, Laverne had to continually alternate between studying for A-levels and touring with the band. Despite this strain, Laverne won a place at nearby Durham University to study Medieval History, but her entry was deferred in order to concentrate on the band in 1996-7. The band's rapid rise to prominence in 1997 coincided with a relocation from Sunderland to London, as the thrice-weekly commute was proving too costly and tiring, which meant she never took up the place. In all, Kenickie achieved four top 40 hits and a top ten album and became darlings of the British music press, due to their refreshing style and outspoken views.^{[citation needed]}

Laverne became as famous for her funny and acerbic interview style as for her music, making her a popular contestant on comedy panel shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Have I Got News For You, memorably referring to contemporaneous girl group the Spice Girls as "Tory scum".^[2]

In 2000, she brought out a solo EP, Take These Flowers Away, contributed a version of "In The Bleak Midwinter" to Xfm London's It's A Cool Cool Christmas album, played at the Reading Festival and made the top 20 for the only time in her singing career as vocalist on "Don't Falter" by Mint Royale. She was also working on a solo album at this time, but this was permanently put on hold by the collapse of Deceptive Records.

She subsequently provided guest vocals on The Divine Comedy's 2004 single "Come Home Billy Bird".^[3]

Television[link]

Laverne's first television presenting job was Play UK's series The Alphabet Show, with Chris Addison, made while Kenickie were still together. She has since presented Planet Pop and Loves Like A Dog for Channel 4, Fanorama for E4, Party in the Park with Melanie Brown and Pop for Five and Orange Playlist for ITV, as well as reporting for RI:SE, leading the house band on Johnny Vaughan Tonight and appearing as an expert in a music special of BBC One's Test the Nation. In recent years she has been seen as one of BBC2's main presenters for their coverage of the Glastonbury Festival and the host of ITV2's coverage of events such as the British Comedy Awards and the BRIT Awards.

She also presented a documentary for Sky One on the rise of popularity of the US hit TV Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, called Buffy: Television With Bite. This was done when the show was returning for its sixth season in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 she was a regular guest on the quiz show HeadJam. She could also be seen briefly in the movie Shaun of the Dead, where she was one of the zombies (more obvious in the bonus content).

In 2005, she became host of ITV's Saturday morning music show CD:UK, along with Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts, starting on 17 September with a programme featuring Laverne interviewing Sir Paul McCartney. The show finished in April 2006.

in April 2006, she appeared as guest host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In August, Laverne presented Channel 4's coverage of the V Festival. In March 2007, she presented the NME Awards live from the Hammersmith Palais.

In July 2007, Laverne appeared on the satirical comedy show Mock the Week, and on Have I Got News for You on 14 December of the same year. She appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on 10 January 2008, this time as a guest. In September 2008, Laverne appeared again on Mock the Week.

In March 2008, Laverne appeared on the Lily Allen and Friends show with fellow Sunderland musicians The Futureheads, and on Would I Lie To You?.

From 2006 to 2010, she was a regular presenter with the weekly BBC arts magazine programme The Culture Show, alongside Mark Kermode. She also presented the second series of the late-night Channel 4 music show Transmission with T-Mobile opposite Steve Jones.

Laverne replaced radio DJ Jo Whiley on the talent show Orange Mobile Act Unsigned, which searches for the top unsigned acts in the country.

Laverne became a regular presenter in the new 'magazine' format third series of It's Not Easy Being Green, first broadcast on BBC Two in January 2009. She also narrated Tough Guy or Chicken? on BBC Three in August 2009.

On 6 May 2010, she was a co-host of Channel 4's Alternative Election Night, along with Jimmy Carr, David Mitchell, and Charlie Brooker. Starting 20 January 2011, she re-joined her co-hosts in Channel 4's satirical news programme 10 O'Clock Live.^[4]

Radio[link]

Having previously sat in for BBC Radio 1's Steve Lamacq, Laverne joined Xfm London in 2002, co-hosting a Saturday morning show with Mark Webster, while occasionally standing in for various DJs on BBC Radio 6 Music, including Phill Jupitus' breakfast show where one morning she interviewed her own brother Pete (who records under the name J Xaverre) Laverne took over XFM's drivetime slot from Zoe Ball at the start of 2004, winning Best Newcomer at the Commercial Radio Awards in 2004.^[5] She became host of the XFM breakfast show on 31 October 2005 after Christian O'Connell moved to Virgin Radio, but left suddenly in April 2007 to pursue her television interests. However, Laverne has recently guest presented on BBC Radio 2. She stood in for Russell Brand on BBC Radio 2 on 9 February 2008 whilst he was taking a break.

She presents her own show on BBC Radio 6 Music Weekdays 10-1pm.^[6] Laverne was widely quoted by mass media in early March 2010 when her emotional reaction to proposals to kill BBC 6 music captured the attention of her listeners and the press. Following the BBC Director General's announcement that the station would be recommended for closure as part of cost-cutting plans, she started her show saying "This is probably not the easiest of day for us, probably not the easiest day to be on the radio, to be honest with you, especially not this station, which I love with all my heart. So thank you very much for all your kind words." ^[7]

She has also been a panelist on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute.

Writing[link]

In 2010, she published her first novel Candypop – Candy and the Broken Biscuits, about rock chick Candy Caine, 15, on her journey to the world's biggest music festival, Glastonbury. The book is published by HarperCollins.

Personal life[link]

Laverne dated music journalist Taylor Parkes while in the band Kenickie and later Malcolm Middleton, from the band Arab Strap. She married television producer and DJ Graeme Fisher in County Durham^[8] in August 2005,^[9] and the couple live in Muswell Hill, London.^[10] Laverne also retains a flat in Sunderland. The couple had their first child, a boy named Fergus James, in October 2007.^[11] On 30 March 2010, Laverne revealed on her BBC Radio 6 Music show that she was pregnant with their second child. Lauren gave birth to the couple's second son, Mack, in the early hours of 20 September 2010. She is a vegetarian.^[12]

In 2005, Laverne's passion for her home city resulted in her becoming an ambassador promoting and raising awareness of Sunderland. She received an honorary fellowship from the University of Sunderland in July 2009.^[13]

Laverne is a supporter of the Labour Party, famously referring to Geri Halliwell as "Tory scum" for her support for the Conservatives in the 1997 general election.^[14] Laverne's mother, Celia Gofton, was elected a councillor for the Pallion ward in the City of Sunderland in 2006, and sought nomination as Labour candidate in 2008 in the Sunderland Central constituency but was defeated by Julie Elliott, who went on to win the seat for Labour in the 2010 general election.^[15]

Laverne identifies herself as Roman Catholic.^[16]

Discography[link]

See also Kenickie discography.

Solo singles[link]

• Take These Flowers Away EP (did not chart)

1. "I Fell Out Of A Tree"
2. "Good Morning Sunshine"
3. "To Have A Home"
4. "Some Kind Of Other Presence"
5. "If You Phone (Netmix)" (internet only bonus track)

Other solo releases[link]

• "Don't Falter", Mint Royale featuring Lauren Laverne, #15 (w/b 31 January 2000)
• "In The Bleak Midwinter" (on It's A Cool Cool Christmas compilation) (did not chart)
• "Come Home Billy Bird", The Divine Comedy (uncredited vocalist), #24 (w/b 28 March 2004)

Miscellaneous solo songs[link]

Other solo songs performed on radio sessions include:

• "Don't Falter (acoustic)"
• "Mexico"
• "Thank You"
• "Ian"
• "Open"

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lauren Laverne at BBC Programmes
• Lauren Laverne on Facebook
• Lauren Laverne at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenickie site
• Q&A: Questionnaire style interview from The Guardian.
• Lauren Laverne, Spitz, London: Review of post-Kenickie solo performance in The Guardian, 16 April 2001.
• "Blonde ambition" interview from The Guardian, 18 March 2007
• "Drink Less Miss Less" campaign"

Louise Lasser (born April 11, 1939) is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of the title character on the soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She was married to Woody Allen and appeared in several of his films.

Personal life[link]

Lasser was born in New York, New York, the daughter of Paula and S. Jay Lasser, a tax expert.^[1] She was raised Jewish.^[2] Lasser studied political science at Brandeis University.^[3] She was married to Woody Allen from 1966 to 1969.

Career[link]

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Lasser appeared in the Woody Allen films Take the Money and Run, Bananas, and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), as well as being one of the voices for his spoof dubbing of a Japanese spy movie What's Up Tiger Lily? She also had a brief cameo in his 1980 film Stardust Memories.

She became a household name for starring as the neurotic, unhappy housewife Mary Hartman on the soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. The show aired five nights a week in 1976–1977. In 2000, Lasser appeared on a panel with her former cast members at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills (taped for the museum archives).

She hosted Saturday Night Live at the end of the first season. Lasser also wrote the telemovie Just Me and You (1978), starring in it alongside Charles Grodin. She had a recurring role as Alex's ex-wife on the hit series Taxi and starred in the 1981–82 season of the TV series It's a Living, playing waitress Maggie McBurney. (This reunited her with her former Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman co-star, Marian Mercer, who played her supervisor, Nancy.) Lasser also had a recurring role as Victor Erlich's Aunt Charise, a neurotic comic character on St. Elsewhere in the mid-eighties. In 1989 Lasser played the mother of the main character in the movie Sing.

In 1998, she appeared as the mother of the three main female characters in Todd Solondz's film Happiness. She appeared in the 1999 film Mystery Men as the mother of Hank Azaria's character. Lasser had a role in Darren Aronofsky's film Requiem for a Dream (2000), and she co-starred with Renee Taylor in National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2003).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Louise Lasser at the Internet Movie Database
• Louise Lasser at the Internet Broadway Database
• Louise Lasser at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Andy LaVerne (born December 4, 1947 in New York City) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.

LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservatory, and took private lessons from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans. LaVerne has worked with Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Lionel Hampton, Michael Brecker, Elvin Jones, and numerous others.

A prolific recording artist, his projects as a leader number over 50, the most recent are: Intuition, a duo with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi (SteepleChase), and Epiphany, a collection of Laverne's newest compositions (ClaveBop).

LaVerne is also a prominent jazz educator, having released a series of instructional videos, Guide to Modern Jazz Piano, Vols. 1 &, 2, and Jazz Piano Standards (Homespun Tapes), featuring the Yamaha Disklavier, as well as the video, In Concert (Homespun Tapes), with guitarist John Abercrombie. He is the author of Handbook of Chord Substitutions, Tons of Runs (Ekay), Bill Evans Compositions 19 Solo Piano Arrangements, and is the pianist on The Chick Corea Play-Along Collection (Hal Leonard). The Music Of Andy LaVerne (SteepleChase Publications) has recently been published. Forthcoming are Keyboard’s Jazz Piano Compendium (BackBeat Books), and Jazz Bach, and Jazz Chopin (Mel Bay). Countdown To Giant Steps (Aebersold Jazz) is a two CD play-a-long with companion book, of which LaVerne served as player/producer/writer, and Tunes You Thought You Knew (Aebersold Jazz) is a LaVerne play-a-long CD/book set. Secret of the Andes, a collection of LaVerne originals, is published by Aebersold Jazz.

Laverne is a frequent contributor (since 1986) to Keyboard Magazine, and Piano Today Magazine. His articles have also appeared in Down Beat, Jazz Improv, Piano Quarterly, Jazz and Keyboard Workshop, and JazzOne.

Laverne is the recipient of five Jazz Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and winner of the 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his tune Shania. He has appeared at concerts, festivals, and clubs throughout the world, and has also given clinics and Master classes at universities, colleges, and conservatories worldwide. Recently he has toured and recorded with legendary singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka. LaVerne is Professor of Jazz Piano at The Hartt School (University of Hartford), and on the faculty of the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops.

Discography[link]

• Another World with Billy Hart, Mike Richmond, 1977
• Captain Video with Bob Magnusson, Shelly Manne, 1981
• Plays the Music of Chick Corea with John Abercrombie, Chick Corea, Mark Egan, Sherman Foote, Danny Gottlieb, Marc Johnson, 1981
• Liquid Silver with John Abercrombie, Jennifer Cowles, Amy Dulsky, Peter Erskine, Eddie Gómez, Sebu Sirinian, Patricia Smith^{[disambiguation needed ]}, 1984
• Jazz Piano Lineage with Bireli Lagrene, 1988
• Frozen Music, 1989
• Fountainhead with Dave Samuels, 1989
• Natural Living with John Abercrombie, 1989
• Standard Eyes with Anton Fig, Steve LaSpina, 1990
• Severe Clear with Anton Fig, Tim Hagans, Rick Margitza, 1990
• Pleasure Seekers with John Patitucci, Bob Sheppard, Dave Weckl, 1991
• Buy One, Get One Free, Soloalbum, 1992
• Double Standard with Billy Drewes, Gregory Hutchinson, Steve LaSpina, 1993
• Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 28 (Andy Laverne at Maybeck), Soloalbum, 1993
• Glass Ceiling with Anton Fig, Steve LaSpina, 1993
• Universal Mind with Richie Beirach, 1993
• Spirit of '76 with Jerry Bergonzi, Jeff Brillinger, Mike Richmond, Bill Washer, 1994
• Time Well Spent with Al Foster, George Mraz, 1994
• In the Mood for a Classic, Soloalbum, 1994
• Serenade to Silver with Billy Drummond, Tim Hagans, Steve LaSpina, Rick Margitza, 1994
• Tadd's Delight, Soloalbum, 1995
• First Tango in New York with Steve LaSpina, Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart, 1995
• Bud's Beautiful with Billy Hart, Peter Washington, 1996
• Where We Were [live] with John Abercrombie, 1996
• Four Miles with Randy Brecker, Al Foster, George Mraz, 1997
• Stan Getz in Chappaqua with Don Braden, Danny Gottlieb, Steve LaSpina, Dave Stryker, 1997
• Between Earth & Mars with Dave Samuels, Jay Anderson, 1998
• Time, 2000
• Know More with Jay Anderson, Billy Hart, 2001
• True Colors, 2001
• Pianissimo with Jay Anderson, Rich Perry, Matt Wilson, 2002
• Epiphany, 2004
• Process of Illumination, 2004
• All Ways, 2005
• Peace of Mind, 2006
• Time to Dream, 2006
• Intelligent Design with Danny Gottlieb, Gary Versace, 2007
• Andy Laverne's One Of A Kind: At The Kitano, Vol. 1, 2009

References[link]

• Allmusic
• Official website
• "In Conversation with Andy LaVerne" by Eugene Marlow, (Jazz.com)

Stan Getz
With his granddaughter Katie in 1987 at the Lincoln Center
Background information
Birth name	Stanley Gayetzky
Born	(1927-02-02)February 2, 1927 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	June 6, 1991(1991-06-06) (aged 64) Malibu, California, United States
Genres	Jazz Bossa nova West coast jazz Cool jazz
Occupations	Saxophonist
Instruments	Tenor saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Years active	1943–1991
Labels	Verve Records
Associated acts	Kenny Barron, Bill Evans, J.J. Johnson, Bob Brookmeyer, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Byrd, Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Cal Tjader, Woody Herman, João Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Victor Lewis

Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young.^[1] Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow^[2] as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz went on to perform in bebop, cool jazz and third stream, but is perhaps best known for popularizing bossa nova, as in the worldwide hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).

Early life[link]

Getz was born on February 2, 1927, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Ukrainian Jews who emigrated from the Kiev area in 1903. The family later moved to New York City for better employment opportunities. Getz worked hard in school, receiving straight As, and finished sixth grade close to the top of his class. Getz's major interest was in musical instruments, and he felt a need to play every instrument in sight. He played a number of them before his father bought him his first saxophone at the age of 13. Even though his father also got him a clarinet, Getz instantly fell in love with the saxophone and began practicing eight hours a day.

He attended James Monroe High School (New York) in the Bronx. In 1941, he was accepted into the All City High School Orchestra of New York City. This gave him a chance to receive private, free tutoring from the New York Philharmonic's Simon Kovar, a bassoon player. He also continued playing the saxophone. He eventually dropped out of school in order to pursue his musical career, but was later sent back to the classroom by the school system's truancy officers.^[1]

In 1943 at the age of 16,^[3] he was accepted into Jack Teagarden's band, and because of his youth he became Teagarden's ward. Getz also played along with Nat King Cole and Lionel Hampton. After playing for Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman, Getz was a soloist with Woody Herman from 1947 to 1949 in "The Second Herd", and he first gained wide attention as one of the band's saxophonists, who were known collectively as 'The Four Brothers', the others being Serge Chaloff, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward.^[3] With Herman, he had a hit with "Early Autumn" and after Getz left "The Second Herd" he was able to launch his solo career. He would be the leader on almost all of his recording sessions after 1950.

Career[link]

In the mid to late 1950s working from Scandinavia, Getz became popular playing cool jazz with Horace Silver, Johnny Smith, Oscar Peterson, and many others. His first two quintets were notable for their personnel, including Charlie Parker's rhythm section of drummer Roy Haynes, pianist Al Haig and bassist Tommy Potter. A 1953 line-up of the Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz Sextet featured Gillespie, Getz, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Max Roach.^[1]

Returning to the U.S. from Europe in 1961, Getz became a central figure in introducing bossa nova music to the American audience. Teaming with guitarist Charlie Byrd, who had just returned from a U.S. State Department tour of Brazil, Getz recorded Jazz Samba in 1962 and it became a hit. The title track was an adaptation of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "One Note Samba". Getz won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance of 1963 for "Desafinado", from the same album. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.^[4] As a follow-up, Getz recorded the album, Jazz Samba Encore!, with one of the originators of bossa nova, Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfá. It also sold more than a million copies by 1964, giving Getz his second gold disc.^[4]

He then recorded the album Getz/Gilberto, in 1963,^[5] with Tom Jobim, João Gilberto and his wife, Astrud Gilberto. Their "The Girl from Ipanema" won a Grammy Award. The piece became one of the most well-known latin jazz tracks. Getz/Gilberto won two Grammys (Best Album and Best Single). A live album, Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2, followed, as did Getz Au Go Go, a live recording at the Cafe Au Go Go. Getz's affair with Astrud Gilberto brought an end to his musical partnership with her and her husband, and he began to move away from bossa nova and back to cool jazz. While still working with the Gilbertos, he recorded the jazz album Nobody Else But Me, with a new quartet including vibraphonist Gary Burton, but Verve Records, wishing to continue building the Getz brand with bossa nova, refused to release it. It eventually came out 30 years later, after Getz had died.

In 1972, Getz recorded in the fusion idiom with Chick Corea, Tony Williams and Stanley Clarke, and in this period experimented with an Echoplex on his saxophone. He had a cameo in the film The Exterminator (1980).

In the mid-1980s Getz worked regularly in the San Francisco Bay area and taught at Stanford University as an artist-in-residence at the Stanford Jazz Workshop until 1988.^[6] In 1986, he was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. During 1988, Getz worked with Huey Lewis and the News on their Small World album. He played the extended solo on the title track, which became a minor hit single.

His tenor saxophone of choice was the Selmer Mark VI.

Personal life[link]

Getz married Beverly Byrne, a vocalist with the Gene Krupa band, on November 7, 1946; they had three children together.

Getz became involved with drugs and alcohol while a teenager. In 1954, he was arrested for attempting to rob a pharmacy to get a morphine fix. As he was being processed in the prison ward of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Beverly gave birth to their third child one floor below. Getz tried to escape his narcotics addiction by moving to Copenhagen. He married Swedish aristocrat Monica Silfverskiöld on November 3, 1956, and had two children with her: Pamela and Nicolas. Getz divorced Monica in 1987.

Zoot Sims, who had known Getz since their time with Herman, once described him as 'a nice bunch of guys', as a consequence of the wide behavioural range of which Getz was capable. Getz died of liver cancer in June 6, 1991. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered at sea, off the coast of Malibu, California.

In 1998, the 'Stan Getz Media Center and Library' at Berklee College of Music was dedicated through a donation from the Herb Alpert Foundation.

Discography[link]

Awards[link]

• Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental) "Desafinado," Stan Getz. 1962
• Grammy Award for Record of the Year, "The Girl From Ipanema," 1964
• Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and João Gilberto (Verve)1964
• Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group, Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz 1964
• Grammy Award for Best Jazz Solo Performance, "I Remember You" Stan Getz 1991

Bibliography[link]

• The Stan Getz discography, Astrup, Arne. 1978
• Stan Getz, Palmer, Richard. 1988.
• Stan Getz: an appreciation of his recorded work, Kirkpatrick, Ron. 1992.
• Stan Getz: nobody else but me, Gelly, Dave. 2002.
• Stan Getz: an annotated bibliography and filmography, Churchill, Nicholas. 2005.
• Jazz saxophone: an in-depth look at the styles of the tenor masters, Taylor, Dennis, 2004.
• Maggin, Donald L. (1996). Stan Getz. A Life in Jazz. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-15555-3. 

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Official Stan Getz homepage
• 1986 Interview
• Getz discography

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