But I soon learned that Stan gave out compliments very sparingly. I was a young jazz fan who had access to a legend, and pestered him constantly-I had a million questions for him. I often spoke to Getz about various musicians. In general, I consider this one of the most significant formative experiences in my life. ![]() I even had a chance to play piano with him in informal settings. He came by my classroom when I taught jazz history, and was a frequent visitor to the record label I was running out of a small office on Hamilton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. I visited him often at his home, and we also shared a ‘jazz office” at Stanford University-a blessing for me, although Getz (I’ll admit it) deserved a better workspace on campus. In the late 1980s, I had the rare opportunity to see Stan Getz almost daily over a period of several years.
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