Artist:
Paul Desmond
Album:
Summertime
Released: 1968
Quality: FLAC
(tracks)
Size: 232
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”In
the midst of lolling away his time in semi-retirement after the Dave Brubeck
Quartet broke up in 1967, Paul Desmond allowed himself to be lured back into
the recording studio by producer Creed Taylor, who knew exactly what to do with
his idle, but by no means spent, alto player. The result is a beautifully
produced, eclectic album of music that revives Desmond's "bossa
antigua" idea and sends it in different directions, directly toward Brazil
and various Caribbean regions, as well as back to the jazzy States. "Samba
With Some Barbecue" is a marvelous bossa nova treatment of Louis
Armstrong's New Orleans rouser "Struttin' With Some Barbecue," whose
opening bars bear an uncanny resemblance to those of "Samba de Orpheus"
(which the erudite Desmond was no doubt aware of). No matter how many times
you've heard "Autumn Leaves," Desmond's bossa nova treatment will
give you a fresh jolt as he offhandedly tosses off the most exquisitely
swinging ruminations; too bad it fades after only three minutes. In a pliable
mood, Desmond even consents to record a then-new Beatles tune, "Ob-La-Di,
Ob-La-Da," samba-style, quoting "Hey Jude" along the way (it's
very possible that he was attracted by the main character of the lyric, a fellow
named Desmond), and he makes potent music out of movie tunes like
"Emily" and even the snazzy "Lady in Cement." Don Sebesky
brings in some intelligently crafted arrangements for big band augmented by
French horns, Herbie Hancock turns in some often brilliant solo work in several
featured spots, Ron Carter is on bass, and Leo Morris and Airto Moreira
alternate on drums. Never before had Desmond's alto been recorded so
ravishingly -- Rudy Van Gelder's engineering gives it a new golden-mellow glow
-- and the original LP had a great, sarcastic cover: gleaming icicles.”
~ Richard S. Ginell, allmusic.com
Tracklist:
1. "Samba (Struttin') With Some
Barbeque" (Armstrong) - 4:26
2. "Olvidar" (Sebesky) - 5:33
3. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
(Lennon, McCartney) - 2:12
4. "Emily" (Mandel, Mercer) -
4:45
5. "Someday My Prince Will
Come" (Morey, Churchill) - 3:07
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma,
Mercer) - 3:00
7. "Where Is Love?" (Bart) -
5:30
8. "Lady in Cement"
(Montenegro) - 3:08
9. "North by Northeast" (Paul
Desmond) - 4:30
10. "Summertime" (Gershwin,
Heyward) - 3:54
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 10 (tracks 7 & 10), October 16
(tracks 4 & 9), October 24 (tracks 2 & 5), November 5 (track 8),
November 20 (tracks 1 & 6), and December 26 (track 3), 1968.
Paul
Desmond - alto saxophone
Wayne
Andre, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, J. J. Johnson, Bill Watrous, Kai Winding -
trombone
Burt
Collins, John Eckert, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Alonge,
Jimmy Buffington, Tony Miranda - French horn
George
Marge - flute, oboe
Bob
Tricarico - flute, bassoon
Herbie
Hancock - piano
Jay
Berliner (#7, 8, 10), Joe Beck (#1), Eumir Deodato (#8), Bucky Pizzarelli (#3)
- guitar
Frank Bruno
(#3 only), Ron Carter - bass
Leo Morris
- drums
Mike
Mainieri - vibraphone
Joe Venuto
- marimba
Jack
Jennings, Airto Moreira - percussion
Don Sebesky
– arranger
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