''Change of Scenes'' is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, Francy Boland and the

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which was released on the Verve label in 1971.Bigband Paradise album entry
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Reception

The

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review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "Not only was this Getz's most adventurous session since ''

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'' and the first few bossa nova records, it was very much out of character for Boland, who usually played it safer than this".

Track listing

''All compositions by Francy Boland.'' # "Extravagances" - 6:01 # "Symptones" - 5:47 # "Quiproquos" - 9:17 # "Escarmouches" - 4:46 # "Touchstone" - 6:33 # "Provocations" - 6:34

Personnel

* Stan Getz -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Francy Boland -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, arranger *

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- drums *

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, Art Farmer, Rick Kiefer,

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, Ack van Rooyen -

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, flugelhorn *Erik van Lier, Albert Mangelsdorff,

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- alto saxophone, flute,

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, English horn *

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- tenor saxophone *

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- tenor saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone *

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- tenor saxophone, clarinet *

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- baritone saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone *Jean Warland - bass * Tony Inzalaco -

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References

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