A Jazz Supergroup: Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Tony Williams.

 


From Bret "Jazz Video Guy" Primack.

From their Live at Montreux, 1971 performance of the Chick Corea tune "Captain Marvel" here are Stan Getz on tenor saxophone, Chick Corea on Rhodes electric piano, Stanley Clarke on double bass, and Tony Williams on drums.  


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