Stan Getz: At Nalen – review

Discovered last year, having been lost for half a century, this exceptional live recording dates from 1958, when Getz was living in Scandinavia. Several of the 12 tracks rise to levels of fluency and invention equal to his finest records of the 50s, while others sound surprisingly restless. Possibly the new jazz ideas from across the Atlantic had unsettled him. It certainly adds up to a fascinating and varied programme. Swedish pianist Jan Johansson proves to be an ideal accompanist. The recording quality is quite remarkable, too, capturing every nuance of that angelic tone.