Stan Getz

Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema".

2 February 1927

Born on the same birth date (2 February 1927): Doris Sams

Born on the same birth day (2 February): Adam Christopher • Christine Lampard • Elfi von Dassanowsky • Enrique Simonet • Gertrude Blanch • Joe Lydon (boxer) • John Tudor (baseball) • Kenny Albert • Kristo Saage • Metin Oktay • Nathan Delfouneso • Salem al-Hazmi • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing • William Stanley (inventor)

Born in the same month (February 1927): Blas Ople • Doris Sams • Erma Bombeck • Galway Kinnell • Harvey Korman • Ibrahim Ferrer • Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten • Kenneth Anger • Peter Whittle (mathematician) • Richard A. Long • Robert Allen (song composer) • Vladimir Kuts