Stan Getz 2 of the title track, which became a minor hit single. His tenor saxophone of choice was the Selmer Mark VI. Getz married Beverly Byrne, a vocalist with the Gene Krupa band, on November 7, 1946 in Los Angeles; they had three children together, Steve, David and Beverly. As a teenager, Getz had become involved with drugs and alcohol. In 1954, he was arrested for attempting to rob a pharmacy for morphine. As he was being processed in the prison ward of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Beverly gave birth to their third child one floor below. Getz was divorced
Stan Getz Meets João & Astrud Gilberto Stan Getz Meets João & Astrud Gilberto Stan Getz meets João & Astrud Gilberto: New York 1964 is a live recording of bossa nova in the making. In 1990, the Giants of Jazz label released a live recording of a 1964 New York City performance featuring Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto, his then-wife. The album, entitled "Stan Getz meets João & Astrud Gilberto" is actually misleading: the trio had met previously in 1963 for the recording of the wildly successful album "Getz/Gilberto", which was released in 1964 and set off the bossa nova frenzy in the U.S. As