Getz

American  

[gets] / gɛts /

noun

1. Stan(ley), 1927–91, U.S. jazz saxophonist.

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Getz British  

/ ɡɛts /

noun

1. Stanley, known as Stan. 1927–91, US jazz saxophonist: leader of his own group from 1949

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Example Sentences

“Three for the Festival,” in the Village set, is classic Kirk: It’s a hard-driving blues that starts with a forceful piano introduction by Jane Getz.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kirk and Ms. Getz trade phrases, but then when Kirk starts improvising a solo, it’s on yet a fourth instrument, a flute.

From The Wall Street Journal

Singers from Sarah Vaughan to Mahalia Jackson and Peggy Lee have drawn out its cradle-song calm, while such jazz instrumentalists as Stan Getz and John Coltrane have often quickened its pulse.

From The Wall Street Journal

Having toured with Herbie Hancock and played with giants as Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, Carrington has a strong sense of jazz history and rightly sees herself as a bridge between the history and future of jazz.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Getz said Omer has dual American-Israeli citizenship, and when he finished high school he took a gap year trip in Israel to "learn about his family routes", later deciding "it was his obligation to do service in the army" and join the IDF.

From BBC