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Skylark (Paul Desmond album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Skylark

| type = Album

| artist = Paul Desmond

| cover = Skylark (Paul Desmond album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1974

| recorded = November 27–28 and December 4, 1973

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Cool jazz, bossa nova

| length = 53:28
Reissue with bonus tracks

| label = CTI
CTI 6039

| producer = Creed Taylor

| prev_title = Bridge Over Troubled Water

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Pure Desmond

| next_year = 1974

}}

Skylark is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring Gábor Szabó recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7374.htm#skylark CTI Records discography] accessed February 10, 2012

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Paul Desmond injects a bit of the 1970s into his sound, obtaining agreeable if not totally simpatico results... It's a cautious change of pace for Desmond, although the fiercer context into which he was placed doesn't really fire his imagination".Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/skylark-r137676/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 10, 2012

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook|url-access = registration|edition = 7th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2004|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 9780141014166}}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Take Ten" (Paul Desmond) - 6:08
  2. "Romance de Amor" (Traditional) - 9:40
  3. "Was a Sunny Day" (Paul Simon) - 4:52
  4. "Music for a While" (Henry Purcell) - 6:45
  5. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 5:21
  6. "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 4:00
  7. "Music for a While" [alternate take] (Purcell) - 5:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Skylark" [alternate take] (Carmichael, Mercer) - 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Indian Summer" [alternate take] (Dubin, Herbert) - 5:27 Bonus track on CD reissue

:*Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 27–28 and December 4, 1973

Personnel

From the original liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Skylark |title-link=Skylark (Paul Desmond album) |others=Paul Desmond |year=1974 |type=Liner notes |publisher=CTI Records |id=CTI 6039 |location=New York City}}

References

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Category:CTI Records albums

Category:Paul Desmond albums

Category:1974 albums

Category:Albums produced by Creed Taylor

Category:Albums arranged by Don Sebesky

Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

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