Sweet Rain

1967 studio album by Stan Getz
Sweet Rain
Studio album by
Stan Getz
ReleasedLast week of July 1967[1]
RecordedMarch 21 and 30, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:29
LabelVerve
V6-8693
ProducerCreed Taylor
Stan Getz chronology
Voices
(1966)
Sweet Rain
(1967)
What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David
(1968)

Sweet Rain is a jazz album by Stan Getz, released on the Verve record label in 1967.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states that Sweet Rain is "one of Stan Getz's all-time greatest albums," and "the quartet's level of musicianship remains high on every selection, and the marvelously consistent atmosphere the album evokes places it among Getz's very best. A surefire classic".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

  1. "Litha" (Chick Corea) – 8:30
  2. "O Grande Amor" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) – 4:44
  3. "Sweet Rain" (Mike Gibbs) – 7:12
  4. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:06
  5. "Windows" (Corea) – 8:57
Recorded on March 21 (Tracks 1-3) and March 30 (Tracks 4-5), 1967.

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Top LPs (Billboard)[4] 195
US Jazz LPs (Billboard)[4] 5

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 22, 1967
  2. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ a b "Sweet Rain – Stan Getz | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
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