Paul Desmond

• 4-CD SET

• includes 12 bonus tracks

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Presented here are all of the studio master takes cut by the Paul Desmond-Jim Hall Quartet from 1959 (their very first collaboration on records) to 1965. A lovely recording showcasing both of them with a band conducted and arranged by Bob Prince has been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• Paul Desmond (alto sax)
• Jim Hall (guitar)
• Percy Heath, George Duvivier, Gene Cherico or Gene Wright (bass)
• Connie Kay (drums)

Recorded in New York City between September 1959 & June 1965

• (*) BONUS TRACKS, CD 4 [5-16]:
• Paul Desmond (alto sax) & Jim Hall (guitar) plus string and winds orchestra arranged and conducted by Bob Prince.
• New York, 1961-1962

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (76:18)
• 01 EAST OF THE SUN
• 02 FOR ALL WE KNOW
• 03 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
• 04 GREENSLEVES
• 05 TWO DEGREES EAST, THREE DEGREES WEST
• 06 TIME AFTER TIME
• 07 YOU GO TO MY HEAD
• 08 SUSIE
• 09 OUT OF NOWHERE
• 10 THE ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE)
• 11 POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS
• 12 SAMBA DE ORFEU
• 13 POOR BUTTERFLY

• CD TWO (72:57)
• 01 THEME FROM “BLACK ORPHEUS”
• 02 EL PRINCE
• 03 ALONE TOGETHER
• 04 NANCY (WITH THE LAUGHING FACE)
• 05 EMBARCADERO
• 06 BLUES FOR FUN
• 07 TAKE TEN
• 08 THAT OLD FEELING
• 09 ANGEL EYES
• 10 RUDE OLD MAN
• 11 A TASTE OF HONEY
• 12 WHEN JOANNA LOVED ME
• 13 SAMBA CANTINA
• 14 BOSSA ANTIGUA

• CD THREE (71:28)
• 01 SAMBA CEPEDA
• 02 A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL
• 03 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
• 04 ANY OTHER TIME
• 05 THE GIRL FROM EAST 9TH STREET
• 06 CURAÇAO DOLOROSO
• 07 O GATO
• 08 STRANGER IN TOWN
• 09 BY THE RIVER SAINT MARIE
• 10 GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY
• 11 HI-LILI, HI-LO
• 12 EASY LIVING
• 13 ALL ACROSS THE CITY

• CD FOUR (70:55)
• 01 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
• 02 I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE
• 03 HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY
• 04 BEWITCHED
• 05 MY FUNNY VALENTINE (*)
• 06 DESMOND BLUE (*)
• 07 THEN I’LL BE TIRED OF YOU (*)
• 08 I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN (*)
• 09 LATE LAMENT (*)
• 10 I SHOULD CARE (*)
• 11 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (*)
• 12 ILL WIND (*)
• 13 BODY AND SOUL (*)
• 14 AUTUMN LEAVES (*)
• 15 IMAGINATION (*)
• 16 ADVISE AND CONSENT (*)