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| Sweet Paul Vol.1 |
| Paul Desmond |
| első megjelenés éve: 2005 |
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| (2007)
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| 5.601 Ft
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| 1. | These Foolish Things
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| 2. | St. Louis Blues
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| 3. | Two Part Contention
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| 4. | Take the "A" Train
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| 5. | Out of Nowhere
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| 6. | These Foolish Things
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| 7. | The Man I Love
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| 8. | Down in Honky Tonk Town
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Jazz / Cool
Recorded: Jan 1950-Feb 1958
Although this Italian CD has been issued under altoist Paul Desmond's name, six lengthy titles (clocking in between 8:15 and an 18:14 version of "Take the 'A' Train") feature Desmond with the Dave Brubeck Quartet during a pair of Feb. 1958 concerts. Although the recording quality is merely average, the previously unreleased music finds the group (which also includes bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello) in superior form; the lengthy solos of Desmond and Brubeck are quite inventive and often brilliant. However, it is the final two titles that are most unusual, for Desmond is heard in January 1950 on a couple of brief tracks with drummer Jack Sheedy's hot combo. While "The Man I Love" has a little bit of Desmond alto (along with vibraphonist Cuz Cousineau), "Down In Honky Tonk Town" (which has some prominent trumpet from Jack Minger) is pure Dixieland and finds Desmond taking a half-chorus on clarinet. These are his earliest solos on record. So overall, although the release is obscure, this CD is a real must for Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck fans.
---Scott Yanow, AMG
Paul Desmond
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Nov 25, 1924 in San Francisco, CA
Died: May 30, 1977 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Ballads, Cool, Mainstream Jazz
Paul Desmond is widely recognized for his genius as a melodic improviser and as the benchmark of cool jazz sax players. His warm, elegant tone was one that he admittedly tried to make sound like a dry martini. He and Art Pepper were virtually the only alto players of their generation not directly influenced by Charlie Parker. Desmond was influenced by Lester Young, but took it further, into melodic and harmonic worlds never before traveled by reedmen -- especially in the upper registers. Desmond is best known for his years with the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959-1967) and his infamous composition "Take Five." He met Brubeck in the late '40s and played with his Octet. The Quartet formed toward the end of 1950 and took final shape with Eugene Wright and Joe Morello a few years later. Jazz at Oberlin and Take Five were considered essential purchases by college students of the era, but Jazz Impressions of Japan was its most innovative recording. Desmond played his loping, slow, ordered, and intricate solos in direct contrast to the pianist's obsession with large chords, creating a myriad of textures for melodic and rhythmic counterpoint unlike any heard in jazz. His witty quotations from musicals, classical pieces, and folk songs were also a watermark of his artistry. When the Quartet split in 1967, Desmond began an intermittent yet satisfying recording career. It included dates with Gerry Mulligan for Verve, various sessions with Jim Hall, and a concert with the the Modern Jazz Quartet. He played his last gigs with the Brubeck Quartet at reunions before dying of lung cancer. Desmond's recordings for RCA have gotten box-set treatment and Mosaic issued one of the complete sessions with Hall. There are also reissues from A&M and CTI, though recordings on Artist House and Finesse remain regrettably out of print.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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