Summertime (Paul Desmond album)

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Summertime
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ReleasedMarch/April 1969 [1]
RecordedOctober 10, 16 and 24, 1968
November 5 and 20, 1968
December 26, 1968
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz, bossa nova
Length40:05
Label A&M/CTI
SP 3015
Producer Creed Taylor
Paul Desmond chronology
Easy Living
(1966)
Summertime
(1969)
From the Hot Afternoon
(1969)

Summertime is a 1969 album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label. [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

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Allmusic reviewer Richard S. Ginell states "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... Never before had Desmond's alto been recorded so ravishingly". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Samba (Struttin') With Some Barbeque" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) - 4:26
  2. "Olvidar" (Don Sebesky) - 5:33
  3. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:12
  4. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 4:45
  5. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Larry Morey, Frank Churchill) - 3:07
  6. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) - 3:00
  7. "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart) - 5:30
  8. "Lady in Cement" (Hugo Montenegro) - 3:08
  9. "North by Northeast" (Paul Desmond) - 4:30
  10. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:54

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Apr 26, 1969
  2. CTI Records discography accessed February 10, 2012
  3. Paul Desmond Catalog accessed February 29, 2016
  4. Paul Desmond Discography Part Three: 1960-1969 Archived 2016-03-24 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
  5. 1 2 Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 10, 2012