by Scott Yanow
Stan Getz's 1982 band featured the harmonically advanced pianist Jim McNeely, bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Victor Lewis; Billy Hart fills in for Lewis on three numbers. This date sticks (with one exception) to high-quality jazz standards, some of which (&Sippin at Bell's&) are not performed all that often. Getz is particularly swinging on &Tempus Fugit& and quite lyrical on Billy Strayhorn's &Blood Count.&