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"I've done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?"
- Stan Getz

Interview by Joe Smith
August 7, 1987, Los Angeles
Tape recorder

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Music: Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio "Pennies From Heaven" / Charlie Byrd and Stan Getz "One Note Samba" / Stan Getz "Lush Life" Stan Getz and Bill Evans "Night and Day"

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