4x CD

The Smoothest Operator

Compilation by Stan Getz

Released 28 August 2007

Tracklist

CD 1: 1946-1949 New York
1
Opus De Bop
2:31
2
And The Angels Swing
2:42
3
Running Water
2:44
4
Don't Worry 'Bout Me
2:36
5
Pardon My Bop
2:37
6
As I Live And I Bop
2:56
7
Interlude In Bebop
2:42
8
Bopelbath
2:12
9
Pinhead
2:42
10
Diaper Pin
2:39
11
Frosty
2:59
12
Battleground
3:13
13
Four And One Moore
3:30
14
Five Brothers
3:33
15
Battle Of The Saxes
3:49
16
Stan Gets Along
2:54
17
Stan's Mood
2:41
18
Slow
2:50
19
Fast
3:05
20
Skull Buster
2:24
21
Ante Room
2:41
22
Poop Deck
2:45
23
Pennies From Heaven
3:17
24
Indian Summer
2:48
25
Long Island Sound
2:56
26
Mar-Cia
2:40
27
Preservation
2:42
28
Crazy Chords
2:36
CD 2: 1950-1951 New York
1
Stardust
2:43
2
Goodnight My Love
2:41
3
There's A Small Hotel
2:55
4
Too Marvelous For Words
2:56
5
I've Got You Under My Skin
3:17
6
What's New
3:20
7
Intoit
3:22
3.0 ★
8
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
2:54
9
My Old Flame
2:46
10
The Lady In Red
3:14
11
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
3:05
12
On The Alamo
2:46
13
Gone With The Wind
2:56
14
Yesterdays
2:48
15
Sweetie Pie
2:31
16
You Go To My Head
3:01
17
Hershey Bar
2:37
18
Tootsie Roll
2:10
19
Strike Up The Band
2:30
20
Imagination
2:24
21
For Stompers Only (Navy Blue)
2:51
22
Out Of Nowhere
2:28
23
'S Wonderful
2:55
24
Penny
2:51
25
Split Kick
2:54
26
It Might As Well Be Spring
2:54
27
The Best Thing For You
2:43
CD 3: 1951 Stockholm / New York / Boston
1
S'Cool Boys
2:43
2
Ack, Värmeland Du Sköna
2:47
3
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
2:28
4
I Only Have Eyes For You
3:21
5
Prelude To A Kiss
2:49
6
Night And Day
3:02
7
Don't Get Scared
3:04
8
Flamingo
3:20
9
Melody Express
2:47
10
Yvette
2:58
11
Potter's Luck
2:41
12
The Song Is You
2:48
13
Wildwood
3:06
14
Thou Swell
4:26
15
The Song Is You
7:10
16
Mosquito Knees
5:23
17
Pennies From Heaven
5:09
18
Move
6:04
19
Parker 51
6:08
20
Hershey Bar
3:32
CD 4: 1951-1952 Boston / New York
1
Rubberneck
4:19
2
Signal
5:42
3
Everything Happens To Me
3:15
4
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
7:13
5
Yesterdays
2:54
6
Budo
5:03
7
Wildwood
4:49
8
Where Or When
2:26
9
Tabu
2:41
10
Moonlight In Vermont
3:14
11
Jaguar
2:33
12
Sometimes I'm Happy
2:19
13
Stars Fell On Alabama
3:04
14
Nice Work If You Can Get It
2:26
15
Tenderly
3:25
16
Stella By Starlight
2:43
17
Time On My Hands
2:57
18
'Tis Autumn
3:13
19
The Way You Look Tonight
3:02
20
Lover Come Back To Me
2:56
21
Body And Soul
3:15
22
Stars Fell On Alabama
3:22
23
You Turned The Table On Me
2:57

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Release credits

Al Haig
piano [7, 12, 14, 16]
Bob Weinstock
producer [7]
Don Lamond
drums (drum set) [9]
Eddie Safranski
double bass [9]
Horace Silver
piano [23]
Jimmy Raney
guitar [4.18, 2.7]
Joe Calloway
bass [23], double bass [23]
Johnny Smith
electric guitar [9], guitar [9]
Roy Haynes
drums (drum set) [7, 12, 14, 16]
Sanford Gold
piano [9]
Stan Getz
tenor saxophone [4.9, 4.18, 2.7, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.23]
Teddy Reig
producer [2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.23, 4.9]
Tommy Potter
bass [7, 12, 14, 16], double bass [12, 14]
Walter Bolden
drums (drum set) [23]

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The Smoothest Operator
4x CD
28 August 2007