Paul Desmond - The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings (2020) [Box Set 7CD]

Artist:Paul Desmond
Title Of Album Toronto Recordings
Year Of Release: 2020
Label (Catalog#) : Mosaic [MD7-269]
Country: USA
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (*tracks+.cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 08:13:50
Total Size: 3.08GB(+3%)(covers)

Two overlooked facts about alto saxist Paul Desmond: First, he, and not Dave Brubeck, actually composed the classic tune “Take Five” and second, his best work was actually on his own. Due to a handshake agreement, Desmond never hired a pianist for his own recordings in order not to compare his band with his stint with Dave Brubeck; instead he usually used a cool toned guitarist. In the sixties it was usually Jim Hall, and together they made a series of timeless dry martinis of RCA albums such as Take Ten and Easy Living. Mosaic released the Desmond/Hall sessions years ago, and are, how do you say in English, gone with the wind. By the 1970s, he switched to CTI with some sublime albums, and employing Toronto guitarist Ed Bickert for his satisfying 1975 Pure Desmond session.This current limited edition 7cd set (destined to quickly sell out) shows Desmond’s working team in Bickert’s home turf at Bourbon Street for a set of March ’75 gigs. Drummer Jerry Fuller and bassist Don Thompson fill out the team, and Boss Brasser Rob McConnell sitting in for Bickert for a couple of night, making this a glorious collection of subtle and dry iced swing.

Tracks:
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1-1 Too Marvelous For Words - 7:57
1-2 Line For Lyons - 8:57
1-3 Emily - 9:30
1-4 It Could Happen To You - 7:35
1-5 Just Squeeze Me - 9:00
1-6 I Wish I Knew - 8:23
1-7 I Should Care - 8:46
1-8 Audrey - 8:31
2-1 Just Squeeze Me - 8:32
2-2 Meditation - 11:18
2-3 Tangerine - 9:37
2-4 Darn That Dream - 12:22
2-5 Nuages - 10:33
2-6 Like Someone In Love - 9:51
2-7 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 10:56
3-1 Line For Lyons - 7:42
3-2 Wendy - 11:23
3-3 Too Marvelous For Words - 7:00
3-4 When Sunny Gets Blue - 11:51
3-5 Audrey - 9:39
3-6 Darn That Dream - 10:57
3-7 Take Five - 7:05
4-1 Tangerine - 7:46
4-2 Wave - 12:49
4-3 It Could Happen To You - 9:48
4-4 Emily - 8:47
4-5 Line For Lyons - 8:21
4-6 When Sunny Gets Blue - 12:38
4-7 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 10:00
5-1 I've Got You Under My Skin (as Just Squeeze Me) - 10:37
5-2 Just Squeeze Me (as All The Things You Are) - 9:48
5-3 All The Things You Are (as Autumn Leaves) - 8:59
5-4 Autumn Leaves (as Wave) - 8:48
5-5 Wave (as I've Got You Under My Skin) - 10:17
5-6 Nuages - 9:04
5-7 East Of The Sun - 6:16
6-1 Let's Get Away From It All - 11:49
6-2 Line For Lyons - 12:19
6-3 Just Squeeze Me - 11:17
6-4 My Funny Valentine - 8:38
6-5 Mean To Me - 12:28
6-6 Wendy - 11:50
6-7 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 9:39
7-1 Wendy - 7:18
7-2 Wave - 11:24
7-3 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 8:59
7-4 Nancy - 9:37
7-5 Manha De Carnaval - 9:26
7-6 Here's That Rainy Day - 7:19
7-7 My Funny Valentine - 10:32
7-8 Take Five - 7:13

Limited edition of 2,500 mechanically numbered copies, appearing on the rear of the 14-page liner notes booklet inside the box.

Recorded on:
March 25, 1975: tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 5-1;
March 26, 1975: tracks 1-4, 1-8, 5-3 to 5-6;
March 28, 1975: tracks 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 2-4, 4-2, 4-3, 5-7;
March 29, 1975: tracks 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7;
October 25-26, 1975: tracks 3-2, 3-7, 4-4 to 4-7, 5-2;
October 27-29, 1975: tracks 3-1, 3-3 to 3-6, 4-1, 7-1 to 7-8;
October 30, 1975: tracks 6-1 to 6-3, 6-6, 6-7;
October 31, 1975: tracks 6-4, 6-5.

All thanks to original releaser