As mentioned last week on the Charles 'Bird' Parker post which I had mixed with these from Goodwill in an old pile O' records and so I am going to also nail two birds with one stone as they say by adding what I have from Stan Getz. This is great guitar like you may have not heard before and this collection makes a fine one at that! Per Discogs: Real Name: Charles Lee Byrd
Profile: American jazz guitarist best known for his take on Brazilian music, especially the Bossa Nova genre. Born: September 16, 1925 in Suffolk, Virginia.: Died: December 02, 1999 in Annapolis, Maryland. Byrd played a classical guitar with nylon strings using "fingerstyle"
Real Name: Stanley Gayetzsky
Profile: Born February 2, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA, died June 6, 1991 in Malibu, CA. American jazz saxophonist of Jewish descent.
Winner of 5 Grammy Awards:
- Best Jazz Performance - Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental) for Desafinado from Getz / Gilberto
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group Or Soloist With Small Group for Getz / Gilberto
- Album Of The Year for Getz / Gilberto
- Record Of The Year for The Girl From Ipanema
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for I Remember You from Serenity

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