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

Sweet Rain
Studio album by Stan Getz
Released	Last week of July 1967[1]
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)

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".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

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[4]
1967	Billboard Jazz Albums	5[4]

References

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