''The Steamer'' is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded in 1956 and first released on the Verve Records, Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series
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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "It doesn't happen too often, but there are times when the title of a jazz album and the material within interface perfectly. Hence ''The Steamer'', where Stan Getz joined forces with a super West Coast-based rhythm section to produce some truly steaming music".

Track listing

# "Blues for Mary Jane" (Stan Getz) - 7:53 # "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 9:20 # "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) - 4:13 # "Too Close for Comfort (1956 song), Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) - 6:19 # "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke (lyricist), Johnny Burke) - 6:30 # "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) - 7:24 # "How About You?" [Alternate Take] (Lane, Freed) - 6:59 Bonus track on CD reissue # "There Will Never Be Another You" [Incomplete and Breakdown Takes] (Warren, Gordon) - 1:09 Bonus track on CD reissue # "You're Blasé" " [False Start] (Hamilton, Sievier) - 0:46 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Like Someone in Love" [Incomplete Take] (Van Huesen, Burke) - 0:37 Bonus track on CD reissue # "How About You?" [False Starts and Breakdown Take] (Lane, Freed) - 2:30 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

*Stan Getz - tenor saxophone *Lou Levy (pianist), Lou Levy - piano *Leroy Vinnegar - Double bass, bass *Stan Levey - drum kit, drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steamer, The 1957 albums Stan Getz albums Verve Records albums Albums produced by Norman Granz