Showing posts with label Paul Desmond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Desmond. Show all posts

Monday, July 29, 2013

Paul Desmond on CBC-TV, 1976; GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY the album



Takes the interlocutors two minutes of bibble to get to the Desmond interview. Recorded not long before his death in 1977.


1965 album: Glad to Be Unhappy 
Desmond, alto sax; Jim Hall, guitar; Gene Wright, bass (long-term Toshiko Akiyoshi and, later, Frank Sinatra bassist Gene Cherico subs on "Poor Butterfly"); Connie Kay, drums. One of several Desmond/Hall albums, and the DBQ bassist and MJQ percussionist making for an excellent rhythm section.

Tracks: 1 Glad To Be Unhappy 00:00 2 Poor Butterfly 05:46 3 Stranger In Town 13:06 4 A Taste Of Honey 19:34 5 Any Other Time 24:04 6 Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo 29:30 7 Angel Eyes 34:14 8 By The River Sainte Marie 40:37 9 All Across The City 46:54 10 All Through The Night 51:28 Credits: Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond Drum – Connie Kay Guitar – Jim Hall Bass – Eugene Wright (tracks: Except # 2), Gene Cherico (tracks: Only on # 2) Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio "A" and Webster Hall, New York City, 1963-1964

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Saturday Music Club: third stream music Bachanalia

Nina Simone: Love Me or Leave Me


The Modern Jazz Quartet: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 645  


The Swingle Singers: Sinfonia dalla Partita n°2 in DOm BWV 826 


Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan: The Way You Look Tonight


The Modern Jazz Quartet: The Golden Striker


Brubeck Quartet (1956 version): Two-Part Contention 


The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Swingle Singers: Little David's Fugue


Jacques Loussier: Air on a G String


Mulligan Quartet: Festive Minor