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- Date Released: January 1, 1973
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Epic/Associated/Legacy
- Copyright: 1974, 1997 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. WARNING: All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
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Moving over to the CTI label with Creed Taylor, Paul Desmond injects a bit of the 1970s into his sound, obtaining agreeable if not totally simpatico results. Here, the cool altoist is teamed with the progressive-slanted drumming of Jack DeJohnette (who might have been too busy a drummer for his taste), and Bob James' electric and acoustic pianos, with Ron Carter as the bass anchor, Gene Bertoncini on rhythm guitar, and, most interestingly, another individualist, Gabor Szabo, on solo electric guitar. For the first and only time, even taking into account the most inspired moments of Jim Hall, Desmond is not the most interesting soloist on his own record, for it is Szabo who most consistently draws you in with his mesmerizing incantations over vamps from the rhythm section. For those who missed it the first time, Desmond remakes "Take Ten" -- without the Middle Eastern elements -- "Romance de Amor" is eventually dominated by Szabo, and the inclusion of "Was a Sunny Day" proves that Desmond's involvement with the music of Paul Simon in 1970 was not a passing infatuation. Don Sebesky is credited with the "arrangements" but his orchestrating hand is not felt except for a single solo cello (George Ricci) in an adaptation of Purcell ("Music for a While"). It's a cautious change of pace for Desmond, although the fiercer context into which he was placed doesn't really fire his imagination.
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09 Total Tracks, 53:29 Total Length
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Credits
- Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Jack DeJohnette - Drums // Jack DeJohnette - Drums // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Paul Desmond - Sax (Alto) // Bob James - Piano // Bob James - Piano // Bob James - Piano // Bob James - Piano // Bob James - Piano (Electric) // Bob James - Piano (Electric) // Bob James - Piano (Electric) // Bob James - Piano (Electric) // Gabor Szabo - Guitar // Gabor Szabo - Soloist // Ralph MacDonald - Percussion // Gene Bertoncini - Guitar // Gene Bertoncini - Guitar // Gene Bertoncini - Guitar // Didier C. Deutsch - Reissue Producer // Don Sebesky - Arranger // Don Sebesky - Conductor // Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer // Hilary James - Piano // Hilary James - Piano (Electric) // George Ricci - Cello // John Snyder - Liner Notes // C. Taylor - Producer // Creed Taylor - Producer // Steve Futterman - Liner Notes // Tom "Curly" Ruff - Digital Mastering // Seth Rothstein - Project Director // David Gahr - Photography // Helene Silverman - Reissue Design // Danny Kadar - Mixing // Danny Kadar - Reissue Mixing // Tony Martell - Executive Producer // Rene Arsenault - Production Assistant // Rene Arsenault - Assistant Producer // David Swope - Assistant Engineer // Patti Matheny - A&R // Nicholas Bennett - Packaging Manager
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Other Details
- Instruments:
- Guitar //
- Percussion //
- Piano //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Sax (Alto)
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