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As the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall quartet's recording activities gradually came to a halt by 1965, RCA Victor assembled the remains of a number of their later sessions into one last album. These are anything but leftovers, however -- indeed, they constitute the best Desmond/Hall album since Take Ten, more varied in texture and mood, and by and large more inspired in solo content, than Bossa Antigua and Glad to Be Unhappy. As a near-ideal example of this collaboration at its intuitive peak, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" opens with Hall paraphrasing the tune, and Desmond comes in on the bridge with a perfectly timed rejoinder that sounds as if he's asking a question. "Here's That Rainy Day" is another apt match of a standard to Desmond's sophisticated personality; he is at his dry, jaunty best on the uptempo "That Old Feeling"; and both have a ball jamming on the blues in Desmond's wry, quick "Blues for Fun." [Some reissues add a pair of outtakes, plus "Rude Old Man."]
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Eugene Wright, Bass - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Jack Segal, Composer - Jack Segal, Lyricist - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar - Robert Wells, Composer - Robert Wells, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - Lew Brown, Composer - Lew Brown, Lyricist - Sammy Fain, Composer - Sammy Fain, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Eugene Cherico, Bass - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Johnny Burke, Composer - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Percy Heath, Bass - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Ray Hall, Engineer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally Recorded 1965. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ralph Rainger, Composer - Ralph Rainger, Lyricist - Eugene Wright, Bass - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Leo Robin, Composer - Leo Robin, Lyricist - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Percy Heath, Bass - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1965. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Percy Heath, Bass - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Connie Kay, Drums - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally Recorded 1965. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paul Desmond, Composer - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Gene Cherico, Bass - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Paul Desmond, Saxophone - Cole Porter, Composer - Cole Porter, Lyricist
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Eugene Wright, Composer - Eugene Wright, Bass - Paul Desmond, Alto Saxophone - George Avakian, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Jim Hall, Guitar
Originally Recorded 1964. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
As the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall quartet's recording activities gradually came to a halt by 1965, RCA Victor assembled the remains of a number of their later sessions into one last album. These are anything but leftovers, however -- indeed, they constitute the best Desmond/Hall album since Take Ten, more varied in texture and mood, and by and large more inspired in solo content, than Bossa Antigua and Glad to Be Unhappy. As a near-ideal example of this collaboration at its intuitive peak, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" opens with Hall paraphrasing the tune, and Desmond comes in on the bridge with a perfectly timed rejoinder that sounds as if he's asking a question. "Here's That Rainy Day" is another apt match of a standard to Desmond's sophisticated personality; he is at his dry, jaunty best on the uptempo "That Old Feeling"; and both have a ball jamming on the blues in Desmond's wry, quick "Blues for Fun." [Some reissues add a pair of outtakes, plus "Rude Old Man."]
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:47
- Main artists: Paul Desmond
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Classics
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1990 BMG Entertainment
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