Focus (Stan Getz album) album's only soloist beside Getz. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" selected this album as part of its suggested "Core Collection" stating "Nobody ever arranged for Getz as well as this, and Sauter's luminous and shimmering scores continue to bewitch". Similarly, critic Stephen Cook describes "Focus" as "admittedly Getz's most challenging date and arguably his finest moment". Focus (Stan Getz album) Focus is a jazz album recorded in 1961, featuring Stan Getz on tenor saxophone with a string orchestra. The album is a suite which was originally commissioned by Getz from composer and arranger Eddie Sauter. Widely regarded as a high
Stan Getz Band Bossa Nova" with composer and arranger Gary McFarland. As a follow-up, Getz recorded the album, "Jazz Samba Encore!", with one of the originators of bossa nova, Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfá. It also sold more than a million copies by 1964, giving Getz his second gold disc. He then recorded the album "Getz/Gilberto", in 1963, with Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto and his wife, Astrud Gilberto. Their "The Girl from Ipanema" won a Grammy Award. The piece became one of the most well-known Latin jazz tracks. "Getz/Gilberto" won two Grammys (Best Album and Best Single). A live album, "Getz/Gilberto Vol.