Stan Getz's Birth Card: The 10 of Spades

In the record

Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. The birth-card coordinate for February 2 is the 10 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Stan Getz's 1965 Album of the Year — Getz/Gilberto.

Album of the Year record

• 1965 Album of the Year — Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz)

Stan Getz is on the 1965 Album of the Year list for Getz/Gilberto, billed as Stan Getz at ceremony 7 (https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/album-of-the-year/1965/). Stan Getz (Q30587, Wikipedia “Stan Getz”) appears here as primary billed as Stan Getz. The billed act string on those wins is Stan Getz. Albums in this pack for Stan Getz: 1965 Getz/Gilberto. Birth date 1927-02-02 is the Wikipedia infobox day for Stan Getz, verified against Wikidata P569 1927-02-02 (match). This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for Stan Getz. It only names the calendar coordinate for February 2 and the Album of the Year albums already listed for Stan Getz.

The 10 of Spades coordinate

Stan Getz was born February 2, 1927 (1927-02-02). Month 2 and day 2 give solar value 49, which is the 10 of Spades (The Completed Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1927 is unused, so Stan Getz's 1927 birth year does not move the card. The 10 of Spades does not predict a Grammy Album of the Year and is not a verdict on Stan Getz. Quoted system copy for the 10 of Spades, not a biography of Stan Getz: You do the difficult curriculum in front of you without adding the ones that are not yours. You've thought deeply, questioned thoroughly, arrived at wisdom. Your mind is mature, integrated, complete. You have clarity and peace about your beliefs.

Live 10 of Spades meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema".

Stan Getz in the public record

Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he also helped popularize bossa nova in the United States with the hit 1964 single "The Girl from Ipanema". Stan Getz was born Stanley Gayetski on February 2, 1927, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Getz's father, Alexander ("Al"), was born in Mile End, London, in 1904; his mother, Goldie (née Yampolsky), was born in Philadelphia in 1907. His paternal grandparents Harris and Beckie Gayetski were originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, but had emigrated to escape the anti-Jewish pogroms to Whitechapel, in the East End of London.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Stan Getz (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Stan Getz, and not a forecast of a Grammy.

You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it. Your mind is restless, always seeking new ideas, new truths, new ways of thinking. You get bored with settled beliefs.

The Getz family initially settled in Philadelphia but moved to New York City during the Great Depression, seeking better employment opportunities.

Paired on shared wording: better, seeking, settled.

Also on the record

1. While in England, they owned the Harris Tailor Shop at 52 Oxford Street for more than 13 years.
2. In 1914, Harris and Beckie emigrated to the United States with their three sons Al, Phil, and Ben, following several siblings that had recently emigrated there.
3. Getz's original family name, Gayetski, was changed to Getz upon arrival in America.
4. The Getz family initially settled in Philadelphia but moved to New York City during the Great Depression, seeking better employment opportunities.

Other Album of the Year people with this card

• No other person in this set shares the 10 of Spades.

FAQ

What is Stan Getz's birth card?

The 10 of Spades. February 2 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Stan Getz's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Grammy Album of the Year?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, albums, character, or fate.

Where do Stan Getz's dates and Album of the Year credits come from?

Birth date 1927-02-02 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Stan Getz, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Album of the Year list, which cites Grammy.com / Recording Academy pages. Stan Getz is primary billed as Stan Getz. The Album of the Year line is 1965 Album of the Year — Getz/Gilberto. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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