What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, released on the Verve label in 1968.Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 25, 2016Stan Getz discography, accessed July 25, 2016
Reception
The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated that "this isn't one of Getz's better gigs; his tone is not in the best of shape, and he sounds bored with some of the tunes".
Track listing All compositions by Burt Bacharach and Hal David except where noted. "Wives and Lovers" - 3:36 "The Windows of the World" - 2:43 "The Look of Love" - 2:39 "Any Old Time of Day" - 3:33 "Alfie" - 2:51 "In Times Like These" - 2:44 "A House Is Not a Home" - 4:13 "Trains and Boats and Planes" - 3:01 "What the World Needs Now Is Love" - 2:58 "In Between the Heartaches" [edited master take] - 2:17 "Walk on By" - 3:32 "A House Is Not a Home" [alternate take] - 4:25 Bonus track on CD reissue "In Between the Heartaches" [partial alternate take] - 2:35 Bonus track on CD reissue "My Own True Love" (Max Steiner, Mack David) - 2:29 Bonus track on CD reissue "Tara's Theme" (Max Steiner) - 2:36 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on December 2, 1966 (tracks 3, 14 & 15); at Ter-Mar Recording Studio in Chicago, Illinois, on August 30 & 31, 1967 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11 & 12); and at A&R Recording Studio, New York City, on February 14, 1968 (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13)
Personnel Stan Getz - tenor saxophone Jim Buffington - French horn (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Jerome Richardson - woodwinds (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Chick Corea (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11 & 12), Herbie Hancock (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13–15) - piano Kenny Burrell (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13), Jim Hall (tracks: 3, 14 & 15), Phil Upchurch (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11 & 12) - guitar Gloria Agostini - harp (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Walter Booker (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11 & 12), Ron Carter (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13–15) - bass David Carey - vibraphone (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Bill Horwath - cimbalom (tracks 3, 14 & 15) Roy Haynes (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11 & 12), Grady Tate (tracks 3, 5, 9, 10 & 13–15) - drums Artie Butler, Bobby Rosengarden - percussion (tracks 3, 14 & 15) Paul Gershman, David Mankovitz, David Nadien, Gerald Tarack - violin (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Bernard Zaslav - viola (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Charles McCracken - cello (tracks 5, 9, 10 & 13) Additional unidentified brass, strings and chorus arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman (tracks 3, 14 & 15) and Richard Evans (tracks 1, 2 & 4–13)
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