Summertime (Paul Desmond album)

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Released March/April 1969 Artist Paul Desmond Producer Creed Taylor Genres Jazz, Bossa nova		Length 40:05 Release date 15 June 1969 Label Polydor K.K.

Recorded October 10, 16 & 24, 1968November 5 & 20, 1968December 26, 1968Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Summertime(1968) From the Hot Afternoon(1969) Similar Paul Desmond albums, Bossa nova albums, Other albums

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Summertime is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.

Paul desmond summertime

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Richard S. Ginell states "The result is a beautifully produced, eclectic album of music that revives Desmond's "bossa antigua" idea and sends it in different directions, directly toward Brazil and various Caribbean regions, as well as back to the jazzy States... Never before had Desmond's alto been recorded so ravishingly".

Track listing

"Samba (Struttin') With Some Barbeque" (Louis Armstrong) - 4:26
"Olvidar" (Don Sebesky) - 5:33
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:12
"Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 4:45
"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Morey, Frank Churchill) - 3:07
"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) - 3:00
"Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart) - 5:30
"Lady in Cement" (Hugo Montenegro) - 3:08
"North by Northeast" (Paul Desmond) - 4:30
"Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:54

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 10 (tracks 7 & 10), October 16 (tracks 4 & 9), October 24 (tracks 2 & 5), November 5 (track 8), November 20 (tracks 1 & 6), and December 26 (track 3), 1968.