Summertime (Paul Desmond album)

Summertime
Studio album by Paul Desmond
Released	March/April 1969[1]
Recorded	October 10, 16 & 24, 1968 November 5 & 20, 1968 December 26, 1968 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz, bossa nova
Length	40:05
Label	A&M/CTI SP 3015
Producer	Creed Taylor
Paul Desmond chronology
The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) Summertime (1968) From the Hot Afternoon (1969)

Summertime is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Samba (Struttin') With Some Barbeque" (Armstrong) - 4:26
2. "Olvidar" (Sebesky) - 5:33
3. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:12
4. "Emily" (Mandel, Mercer) - 4:45
5. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Morey, Churchill) - 3:07
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer) - 3:00
7. "Where Is Love?" (Bart) - 5:30
8. "Lady in Cement" (Montenegro) - 3:08
9. "North by Northeast" (Paul Desmond) - 4:30
10. "Summertime" (Gershwin, 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.

Personnel

• Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
• Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, J. J. Johnson, Bill Watrous, Kai Winding - trombone
• Burt Collins, John Eckert, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ray Alonge, Jimmy Buffington, Tony Miranda - French horn
• George Marge - flute, oboe
• Bob Tricarico - flute, bassoon
• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Jay Berliner (#7, 8, 10), Joe Beck (#1), Eumir Deodato (#8), Bucky Pizzarelli (#3) - guitar
• Frank Bruno (#3 only), Ron Carter - bass
• Leo Morris - drums
• Mike Mainieri - vibraphone
• Joe Venuto - marimba
• Jack Jennings, Airto Moreira - percussion
• Don Sebesky - arranger
• Robert Honablue – engineer

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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".^[3]

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