The Complete Roost Recordings is a 1997 compilation 3-CD set of sessions led by saxophonist and bandleader Stan Getz recorded for the Roost Records label between 1950 and 1954.The compilation includes material previously released on Getz's Roost LPs The Sound, The Getz Age, the two volumes of Stan Getz at Storyville and the album with guitarist Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont along with alternate takes and previously unreleased performances.
CD1
01 - On The Alamo (alt tk)
02 - On The Alamo
03 - Gone With The Wind
04 - Yesterdays
05 - Sweetie Pie
06 - You Go To My Head
07 - Hershey Bar
08 - Tootsie Roll
09 - Strike Up The Band
10 - Imagination (alt tk)
11 - Imagination
12 - For Stompers Only
13 - Navy Blue (alt tk of above)
14 - Out Of Nowhere
15 - 'S Wonderful
16 - Penny
17 - Split Kick (alt tk)
18 - Split Kick
19 - It Might As Well Be Spring (alt tk)
20 - It Might As Well Be Spring
21 - The Best Thing For You
22 - Signal (alt tk)
23 - Budo (alt tk)
*Recorded in New York City on May 17, 1950 (tracks 1-7), December 10, 1950 (tracks 8-15) and January 23, 1951 (tracks 16-21) and at the Storyville in Boston, Massachusetts on October 28, 1951 (tracks 22 & 23)
CD2
01 - Thou Swell
02 - The Song Is You
03 - Mosquito Knees
04 - Pennies From Heaven
05 - Move
06 - Parker 51
07 - Hershey Bar
08 - Rubberneck
09 - Signal
10 - Everything Happens To Me
11 - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
12 - Yesterdays
13 - Budo
14 - Wildwood
*Recorded at the Storyville in Boston, Massachusetts on October 28, 1951
CD3
01 - Melody Express
02 - Yvette
03 - Potter's Luck
04 - The Song Is You
05 - Wildwood
06 - Lullaby Of Birdland
07 - Autumn Leaves
08 - Autumn Leaves (alt tk)
09 - Fools Rush In
10 - Fools Rush In (alt tk)
11 - These Foolish Things
12 - Where Or When
13 - Tabu
14 - Moonlight In Vermont
15 - Jaguar
16 - Sometimes I'm Happy
17 - Stars Fell On Alabama
18 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
19 - Tenderly
20 - Little Pony
21 - Easy Living
22 - Nails
*Recorded in New York City on August 15, 1951 (tracks 1-5), March 11, 1952 (tracks 12-15), November 9, 1952 (tracks 16-19), December 19, 1952 (tracks 6-11) and at Birdland, New York City on December 16, 1954 (tracks 20-22)
Personnel:
Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
Sanford Gold (Disc Three: tracks 12-19), Al Haig (Disc One: tracks 1-7, 22 & 23 and Disc Two), Duke Jordan (Disc Three: tracks 6-11), Horace Silver (Disc One: tracks 8-21, Disc Three: tracks 1-5) - piano
Jimmy Raney (Disc One: tracks 22 & 23, Disc Two and Disc Three: tracks 1-11), Johnny Smith (Disc Three: tracks 12-19) - guitar
Joe Calloway (Disc One: tracks 8-21), Bob Carter (Disc Three: tracks 16-19), Bill Crow (Disc Three: tracks 6-11), Leonard Gaskin (Disc Three: tracks 1-5),
Teddy Kotick (Disc One: tracks 22 & 23 and Disc Two), Tommy Potter (Disc One: tracks 1-7), Eddie Safranski (Disc Three: tracks 12-15) - bass
Walter Bolden (Disc One: tracks 8-21), Morey Feld (Disc Three: tracks 16-19), Roy Haynes (Disc One: tracks 1-7, Disc Three: tracks 1-5), Frank Isola (Disc Three: tracks 6-11), Tiny Kahn (Disc One: tracks 22 & 23 and Disc Two), Don Lamond (Disc Three: tracks 12-15) - drums
Count Basie Orchestra (Disc Three: tracks 20-22)
Count Basie - piano
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman - trumpet
Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell - trombone
Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
Frank Foster, Ernie Wilkins - tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Gus Johnson - drums
