The State - News from Sept. 20, 1987

Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, 60, was in stable condition after surgery for removal of a growth near his heart, officials at Stanford University Medical Center said. Tests were being conducted to determine whether the growth, the size of a small grapefruit, was cancerous, a spokesman said after the surgery Friday. Getz, artist in residence at Stanford University, was expected to be hospitalized for up to a week.