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Released
  
1963

Take Ten (1963)
  
Bossa Antigua (1964)

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
RCA Victor

Length
  
37:25

Artist
  
Paul Desmond

Producer
  
George Avakian

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 5, 10, 12, 14 & 25, 1963

Venue
  
Webster Hall, New York City

Similar
  
Paul Desmond albums, Jazz albums

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Take Ten is an album recorded by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1963 which were released on the RCA Victor label.

Contents

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There is not a single track here that isn't loaded with ingeniously worked out, always melodic ideas".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Desmond except where noted.

  1. "Take Ten" – 3:11
  2. "El Prince" – 3:38
  3. "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 6:52
  4. "Embarcadero" – 4:07
  5. "Theme from "Black Orpheus"" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) – 4:14
  6. "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) – 6:05
  7. "Samba de Orfeu" (Bonfá, Maria) – 4:29
  8. "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 5:37

Note

  • Recorded at Webster Hall in New York City on June 5, 1963 (track 8), June 10, 1963 (tracks 5 & 7). June 12, 1963 (tracks 2 & 3), June 14, 1963 (tracks 4 & 6) and June 25, 1963 (track 1).

    • Personnel

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico (tracks 2-8), Eugene Wright (track 1) – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

    • Songs

    1Take Ten3:12
    2El Prince3:28
    3Alone Together6:53

    References

    Take Ten Wikipedia
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