Summertime (Paul Desmond album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Summertime
| type = Album
| artist = Paul Desmond
| cover = Summertime (Paul Desmond album).jpg
| alt =
| released = March/April 1969[https://books.google.com/books?id=dCgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Desmond+Summertime&pg=PA62 Billboard Apr 26, 1969]
| recorded = October 10, 16 and 24, 1968
November 5 and 20, 1968
December 26, 1968
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz, bossa nova
| length = 40:05
| producer = Creed Taylor
| prev_title = Easy Living
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = From the Hot Afternoon
| next_year = 1969
}}
Summertime is a 1969 album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid3k.htm#summertime CTI Records discography] accessed February 10, 2012[http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-desmond/catalog/#a-m-sp-3015 Paul Desmond Catalog] accessed February 29, 2016[http://www.puredesmond.ca/des60.htm Paul Desmond Discography Part Three: 1960-1969] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324213129/http://www.puredesmond.ca/des60.htm |date=2016-03-24 }} accessed February 29, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
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".Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/summertime-r137677/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 10, 2012
Track listing
- "Samba (Struttin') With Some Barbeque" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) - 4:26
- "Olvidar" (Don Sebesky) - 5:33
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:12
- "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 4:45
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Larry Morey, Frank Churchill) - 3:07
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) - 3:00
- "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart) - 5:30
- "Lady in Cement" (Hugo Montenegro) - 3:08
- "North by Northeast" (Paul Desmond) - 4:30
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose 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.
Personnel
- Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
- Wayne Andre (1, 2, 4-6, 9), Paul Faulise (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10), Urbie Green (2, 4, 5, 8-10), J. J. Johnson (7, 8, 10), Bill Watrous (1, 2, 4-6, 9, 10), Kai Winding (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10) - trombone
- Burt Collins (2-5, 8-10), John Eckert (1, 2, 4-6, 9), Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10) - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Ray Alonge (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10), Jimmy Buffington (2, 4, 5, 8-10), Tony Miranda (1, 2, 4-6, 9) - French horn
- George Marge (3) - flute, oboe
- Bob Tricarico (3) - flute, bassoon
- Herbie Hancock (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10) - piano
- Jay Berliner (7, 8, 10), Joe Beck (5), Eumir Deodato (8), Bucky Pizzarelli (2, 5) - guitar
- Frank Bruno (3), Ron Carter (1, 2, 4-6, 8-10) - bass
- Leo Morris (2, 4, 5, 9, 10) - drums
- Mike Mainieri (7, 8, 10) - vibraphone
- Joe Venuto (3) - marimba
- Jack Jennings (7, 8, 10), Airto Moreira (7, 8, 10) - percussion
- Don Sebesky - arranger
References
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