Children of the World (Stan Getz album) explained

Children of the World
Type:Studio
Artist:Stan Getz
Cover:Children of the World (Stan Getz album).jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:December 20–21, 1978
Los Angeles, California
Genre:Jazz
Length:54:33
Label:Columbia
JC 35992
Producer:Stan Getz
Chronology:Stan Getz
Prev Title:Mort d'un Pourri
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Forest Eyes
Next Year:1978

Children of the World is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz featuring compositions by Lalo Schifrin to commemorate the International Year of the Child which was recorded in 1978 and originally released on the Columbia label.[1] [2] The album cover art features Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts cartoon of Snoopy on saxophone and Schroeder on piano.

Reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Schifrin's compositions are tuneful and his arrangements, using strings and voices in places, are lilting and light."[3]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "It is not the electronics of Andy LaVerne that is bothersome on this LP but the poppish material (which includes the theme from Evita) and the excessive amount of keyboardists and guitarists. Stan Getz cannot be blamed for trying something new (he even uses an Echoplex sparingly) and his cool-toned tenor is in fine form but the overall results are rather forgettable".

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except where noted.

  1. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) – 4:31
  2. "Children of the World" – 5:36
  3. "Livin' It Up" – 5:27
  4. "Street Tattoo" (Schifrin, Gale Garnett) – 5:14
  5. "Hopscotch" – 3:21
  6. "On Rainy Afternoons" (Schifrin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 2:39
  7. "You, Me and the Spring" – 6:45
  8. "Summer Poem" – 8:21
  9. "The Dreamer" – 5:46
  10. "Around the Day in Eighty Worlds" – 6:53

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/stan-getz/catalog/#columbia-jc-35992 Stan Getz Catalog
  2. http://digilander.libero.it/nrascio/Getz1970.htm Stan Getz discography: 1970's
  3. News: Miller . Mark . Children of the World Stan Getz . The Globe and Mail . 24 Nov 1979 . F9.