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Children of the World (Stan Getz album)

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Children of the World
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedDecember 20–21, 1978
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length54:33
LabelColumbia
JC 35992
ProducerStan Getz
Stan Getz chronology
Mort d'un Pourri
(1977)
Children of the World
(1979)
Forest Eyes
(1978)

Children of the World is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz featuring compositions by Lalo Schifrin to commemorate the International Year of the Child which was recorded in 1978 and originally released on the Columbia label.[1][2] The album cover art features Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts cartoon of Snoopy on saxophone and Schroeder on piano.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Schifrin's compositions are tuneful and his arrangements, using strings and voices in places, are lilting and light."[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "It is not the electronics of Andy LaVerne that is bothersome on this LP but the poppish material (which includes the theme from Evita) and the excessive amount of keyboardists and guitarists. Stan Getz cannot be blamed for trying something new (he even uses an Echoplex sparingly) and his cool-toned tenor is in fine form but the overall results are rather forgettable".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except where noted.

  1. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice) – 4:31
  2. "Children of the World" – 5:36
  3. "Livin' It Up" – 5:27
  4. "Street Tattoo" (Schifrin, Gale Garnett) – 5:14
  5. "Hopscotch" – 3:21
  6. "On Rainy Afternoons" (Schifrin, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 2:39
  7. "You, Me and the Spring" – 6:45
  8. "Summer Poem" – 8:21
  9. "The Dreamer" – 5:46
  10. "Around the Day in Eighty Worlds" – 6:53

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Stan Getz Catalog, accessed July 28, 2016
  2. ^ Stan Getz discography: 1970's, accessed July 28, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Children of the World – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Miller, Mark (November 24, 1979). "Children of the World Stan Getz". The Globe and Mail. p. F9.