Easy Living (Paul Desmond album)
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | June 5, 14 & 25, 1963, July 14 and September 9, 1964 and June 1, 1965 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 67:13 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor LPM 3320 | |||
| Producer | George Avakian | |||
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Easy Living is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded between 1963 and 1965 which were released on the RCA Victor label.[1][2][3]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
| Q Magazine |  [6] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "As the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall quartet's recording activities gradually came to a halt by 1965, RCA Victor assembled the remains of a number of their later sessions into one last album. These are anything but leftovers, however -- indeed, they constitute the best Desmond/Hall album since Take Ten, more varied in texture and mood, and by and large more inspired in solo content, than Bossa Antigua and Glad to Be Unhappy".[4] Q Magazine called it "Desmond's finest hour" when it was reissued in 1990.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Paul Desmond except where noted.
- "When Joanna Loved Me" (Robert Wells, Jack Segal) - 5:48
- "That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown) - 5:49
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:51
- "Here's That Rainy Day" (Van Heusen, Burke) - 5:43
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 7:08
- "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:19
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:25
- "Blues for Fun" (Paul Desmond) - 6:28
- "Rude Old Man" (Eugene Wright) - 5:42 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" [alternate take] (Van Huesen, Burke) - 6:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" [alternate take] (Rodgers, Hart) - 7:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
Note
- Recorded Webster Hall on June 5, 1963 (track 3), June 14, 1963 (track 8), June 25, 1963 (track 2) and at RCA Studio A in New York City on July 13, 1964 (track 9), July 14, 1964 (tracks 1 & 10), September 9, 1964 (track 5), September 16, 1964 (track 11) and June 1, 1965 (tracks 4, 6 & 7) .
Personnel
[edit]- Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Gene Cherico (tracks 3 & 8), Percy Heath (tracks 4, 6 & 7), Eugene Wright (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 9-11) - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Desmond Catalog accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ Paul Desmond Discography Part Three: 1960-1969 Archived March 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ Berry, S. Jim Hall discography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Easy Living – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b Glasser, Brian (5 March 1991). "easy living review". Q Magazine. 55: 87.
