Sweet Rain

Sweet Rain
Studio album by Stan Getz
Released	Last week of July 1967
Recorded	March 21 and 30, 1967
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:29
Label	Verve V6-8693
Producer	Creed Taylor
Stan Getz chronology
Voices (1966) Sweet Rain (1967) What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1968)

Sweet Rain is a jazz album by Stan Getz, released on the Verve record label in 1967.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Huey states that Sweet Rain is "one of Stan Getz's all-time greatest albums," and "the quartet's level of musicianship remains high on every selection, and the marvelously consistent atmosphere the album evokes places it among Getz's very best. A surefire classic".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

1. "Litha" (Chick Corea) – 8:30
2. "O Grande Amor" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) – 4:44
3. "Sweet Rain" (Mike Gibbs) – 7:12
4. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:06
5. "Windows" (Corea) – 8:57

Recorded on March 21 (Tracks 1-3) and March 30 (Tracks 4-5), 1967.

Personnel

Musicians

• Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
• Chick Corea – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Grady Tate – drums

Additional personnel

• Producer – Creed Taylor
• Engineer – Rudy van Gelder
• Cover photograph – Tom Zimmerman
• Director of engineering – Val Valentin
• Original liner notes – Johnny Magnus

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1967	Billboard 200	195
1967	Billboard Jazz Albums	5