Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album)

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Bridge over Troubled Water
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ReleasedOctober 1970 [1]
Recorded1969
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ [2]
Genre Jazz
Length36:21
Label A&M SP 3032
Verve reissue
Producer Don Sebesky
Paul Desmond chronology
From the Hot Afternoon
(1969)
Bridge over Troubled Water
(1970)
We're All Together Again for the First Time
(1972)

Bridge over Troubled Water is a 1970 studio album by Paul Desmond. It consists of songs recorded by Simon & Garfunkel and arranged by Don Sebesky. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic said that "Against the odds as determined by bopsters, Desmond finds something beautiful, wistful, and/or sly to say in each of these ten tunes, backed by Herbie Hancock's Rhodes electric piano and a set of ravishing, occasionally overstated (as in "America") orchestrations by Don Sebesky". [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Simon, except "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", a traditional ballad, arranged by Simon and Art Garfunkel.

  1. "El Condor Pasa" – 3:05
  2. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – 3:27
  3. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 5:11
  4. "Mrs. Robinson" – 2:42
  5. "Old Friends" – 3:54
  6. "America" – 3:58
  7. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 4:03
  8. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 4:23
  9. "Cecilia" – 2:14
  10. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 3:24

Personnel

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References

  1. "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 7, 1970. p. 35.
  2. "Paul Desmond Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bridge Over Troubled Water". AllMusic . Retrieved October 1, 2011.