Why Shouldn't I

Name: Why Shouldn't I
Duration: 3 min 38 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Why Shouldn't I	3:38	Paul Desmond	Pure Desmond	Paul Desmond	Album	US1975	CTI (CTI Records imprint since 1967; used worldwide (Sony Music) and in Japan (King Record Co.))	CTI 6059 S1
1.4	Why Shouldn't I	3:37	Paul Desmond	Pure Desmond	Paul Desmond	Album	US1987	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	ZK 40806
1.4	Why Shouldn't I	3:38	Paul Desmond	Pure Desmond	Paul Desmond	Album	DE2003-09-15	CTI (CTI Records imprint since 1967; used worldwide (Sony Music) and in Japan (King Record Co.)), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	5127882
1.4	Why Shouldn't I	3:39	Paul Desmond	Pure Desmond (40th Anniversary Edition)	Paul Desmond	Album	US2011-01-25	Masterworks Jazz	88697 80378 2

engineer:	Rudy van Gelder (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
producer:	Creed Taylor
mixer:	Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
double bass [bass]:	Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
drums (drum set):	Connie Kay (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
electric guitar [guitar]:	Ed Bickert (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
conductor:	Don Sebesky (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
arranger:	Don Sebesky

recorded at:	Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
mixed at:	Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States

recording of:	Why Shouldn’t I? (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26: instrumental)

lyricist and composer:	Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)