Paul Desmond

AN OUTSTANDING 4-CD COLLECTION COMPRISING THE COMPLETE MASTER TAKES BY PAUL DESMOND'S PIANOLESS QUARTET WITH JIM HALL.
PRODUCED UNDER SUPERB STUDIO CONDITIONS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE VERY BEST RECORDINGS EVER MADE BY THE SAXOPHONIST.
THIS RELEASE INCLUDES AS A BONUS THE ONLY NON-QUARTET COLLABORATION OF DESMOND AND HALL IN ITS ENTIRETY.

INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL ALBUMS:

"FIRST PLACE AGAIN"(1959),
"TAKE TEN" (1963), "BOSSA ANTIGUA" (1964), "GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY" (1965),
"EASY LIVING" (1966) AND, AS A BONUS, "DESMOND BLUE" (1962).

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, Disc Four, 5-16:
PAUL DESMOND (alto sax) & JIM HALL (guitar) plus string and wind orchestra arranged and conducted by Bob Prince.
New York, 1961-1962.

CD1
01) EAST OF THE SUN 5:45
02) FOR ALL WE KNOW 5:33
03) I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU 8:38
04) GREENSLEVES 2:05
05) TWO DEGREES EAST, THREE DEGREES WEST 7:28
06) TIME AFTER TIME 6:13
07) YOU GO TO MY HEAD 6:27
08) SUSIE 3:47
09) OUT OF NOWHERE 6:46
10) THE ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEBODY ELSE) 5:38
11) POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS 5:53
12) SAMBA DE ORFEU 4:19
13) POOR BUTTERFLY 7:16
TT: 75:52

CD2
01) THEME FROM "BLACK
ORPHEUS" 4:10
02) EL PRINCE 3:23
03) ALONE TOGETHER 6:51
04) NANCY 6:05
05) EMBARCADERO 4:01
06) BLUES FOR FUN 6:27
07) TAKE TEN 3:11
08) THAT OLD FEELING 5:48
09) ANGEL EYES 6:15
10) RUDE OLD MAN 5:40
11) A TASTE OF HONEY 4:31
12) WHEN JOANNA LOVED ME 5:43 13) SAMBA CANTINA 5:41
14) BOSSA ANTIGUA 4:35
TT: 72:26

CD3
01) SAMBA CEPEDA 5:06
02) A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL 6:19
03) THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES 4:41
04) ANY OTHER TIME 5:23
05) THE GIRL FROM EAST 9TH STREET 5:58
06) CURAÇAO DOLOROSO 4:26
07) O GATO 4:26 08) STRANGER IN TOWN 6:23
09) BY THE RIVER SAINT MARIE 6:16
10) GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY 5:34
11) HI-LILI, HI-LO 4:43
12) EASY LIVING 7:03
13) ALL ACROSS THE CITY 4:34
TT: 70:56

CD4
01) ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 5:28
02) I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE 4:19
03) HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY 5:25
04) BEWITCHED 6:21
05) MY FUNNY VALENTINE 3:50*
06) DESMOND BLUE 3:40*
07) THEN I'LL BE TIRED OF YOU 4:06*
08) I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN 4:31*
09) LATE LAMENT 4:09*
10) I SHOULD CARE 3:52*
11) LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 4:10*
12) ILL WIND 3:51*
13) BODY AND SOUL 5:02*
14) AUTUMN LEAVES 5:42*
15) IMAGINATION 4:04*
16) ADVISE AND CONSENT 2:00*
TT: 70:36