Pure Desmond

~ Release by Paul Desmond (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Issues:
CTI 6059 S1
CTI (Jap) GP-3017
CTI (Jap) LAX-3244
CTI (Jap) K20P-6822
CTI (Jap) KICJ-2041 (CD)
CTI (Jap) KICJ-8088 (CD)
CTI (Jap) KICJ-8212 (CD)
CTI (Jap) KICJ-8311 (CD)
CTI (Jap) KICJ-2184 (CD)
Recording Location: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA
Additional:
Has been reissued as a 10 tracks version, then as a (complete) 13 tracks version.
TODO:
Producer: Creed Taylor
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Notes: Gene Lees (CTI 6059 S1). Gene Lees, Didier C. Deutsch (CBS Associated ZK 40806 (CD), Epic (Eu) EPC 450572-2 (CD)). Didier C. Deutsch (Epic/Legacy (E) 5127882 (CD)).
Jacket: cover photo: CTI 6059 S1 indicates Jerry Sarapochiello, although Epic/Legacy (E) 5127882 (CD) indicates Pete Turner. liner photo: Tony Ynocencio. design: Bob Ciano.

1974/09/24, Paul Desmond (as); Ed Bickert (el-g); Ron Carter (b); Connie Kay (d); Don Sebesky (musical supervision).
* Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington/Lee Gaines) - 4:27
* Squeeze Me (alternate take) - 4:05
* Till The Clouds Roll By (alternate take) - 5:12

1974/09/25, same personnel
* Nuages (D. Reinhardt/J. Larue) - 4:19
* Why Shouldn't I (Cole Porter) - 3:33
* Till The Clouds Roll By (J. Kern/P.G. Wodehouse) - 4:06

1974/09/26, same personnel:
* I'm Old Fashioned (J. Kern/J. Mercer) - 4:53
* Everything I Love (Cole Porter) - 3:39
* Warm Valley (Duke Ellington) - 4:24
* Mean To Me (R. Turk/F. Ahlert) - 5:06
* Song From "M*A*S*H" (Suicide Is Painless) (Johnny Mandel) - 3:01
* Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 6:16
* Nuages (alternate take) - 5:13

Tracks individually found on numerous samplers/comps:
CTI (Jap) KICJ 2144 titled BEST OF CTI "INSTRUMENTAL"
Epic/Legacy ZK 45484 titled THE BEST OF PAUL DESMOND
Realm A3K 58872 titled CTI JAZZ CLASSICS
CBS Associated ZK 40802 titled FIRE INTO MUSIC: VOLUME 2
Label M 495715 titled LEMME TELL YA 'BOUT DESMOND
Sony Music Media (Fr) SMM 517118 2 titled GUITAR & BASS (mind the Ron Carter wrong attribution)
Epic/Legacy CK 65045 titled THIS IS JAZZ 29 - BOSSA NOVA
Epic/Legacy (E) 5022872
Epic/Legacy E2K-86364 titled CTI - THE MASTER COLLECTION
Sony 53490 titled SMOOTH JAZZ.

Annotation last modified on 2007-01-25 10:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
1Squeeze Me
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
instrumental recording of:
Squeeze Me (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
lyricist:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
4:33
2I'm Old Fashioned
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
instrumental recording of:
I’m Old Fashioned (from “You Were Never Lovelier”) (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1942)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co., The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
4:53
3Nuages
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
mixer:
Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Paul Desmond (on 1974-09-25)
bass:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1974-09-25)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1974-09-25)
guitar:
Ed Bickert (on 1974-09-25)
conductor:
Don Sebesky (on 1974-09-25)
arranger:
Don Sebesky
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1974-09-25)
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Nuages (instrumental) (on 1974-09-25)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:23
4Why Shouldn't I
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
instrumental recording of:
Why Shouldn’t I? (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
3:38
5Everything I Love
3:42
6Warm Valley
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:
Warm Valley (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:30
7Till the Clouds Roll By
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
instrumental recording of:
Till the Clouds Roll By (from 1974-09-24 until 1974-09-26)
lyricist:
P. G. Wodehouse
composer:
Jerome Kern
4:09
8Mean to Me
instrumental recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
5:10

Credits

Release

remastered versions:Pure Desmond
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1338271 [info]

Release group

Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/295263 [info]
Wikidata:Q7261073 [info]