Name: Pure Desmond [Germany Bonus Tracks]
Brand: Sony Music Entertainment UK
SKU: 1437315
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Pure Desmond [Germany Bonus Tracks]

Rating

Album: Pure Desmond [Germany Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Squeeze Me	More Info...	0:04
2)	I'm Old Fashioned	More Info...	0:05
3)	Nuages	More Info...	0:04
4)	Why Shouldn't I	More Info...	0:03
5)	Everything I Love	More Info...	0:03
6)	Warm Valley	More Info...	0:04
7)	Till the Clouds Roll By	More Info...	0:04
8)	Mean to Me	More Info...	0:05
9)	Theme From 'MAS*H' (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
10)	Wave (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06
11)	Nuages (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
12)	Squeeze Me (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
13)	Till The Clouds Roll By (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:05

Album: Pure Desmond [Germany Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Squeeze Me	More Info...	0:04
2)	I'm Old Fashioned	More Info...	0:05
3)	Nuages	More Info...	0:04
4)	Why Shouldn't I	More Info...	0:03
5)	Everything I Love	More Info...	0:03
6)	Warm Valley	More Info...	0:04
7)	Till the Clouds Roll By	More Info...	0:04
8)	Mean to Me	More Info...	0:05
9)	Theme From 'MAS*H' (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:03
10)	Wave (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:06
11)	Nuages (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
12)	Squeeze Me (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
13)	Till The Clouds Roll By (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:05

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Performer Notes

Personnel: Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Ed Bickert (guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Connie Kay (drums).
Producer: Creed Taylor.
Reissue producer: Didier C. Deutsch.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey from September 24-26, 1974. Includes liner notes by Didier C. Deutsch and Gene Lees.
Digitally remastered by Larry Keyes (CBS Studios, New York, New York).
CD contains bonus tracks.
Personnel: Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Ed Bickert (guitar); Connie Kay (drums).
Audio Remixer: Danny Kadar .
Liner Note Author: Didier C. Deutsch.
Recording information: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (09/24/1974-09/26/1974).
With the Skylark "experiment" behind him, Paul Desmond reverted back to the relaxed quartet format that suited him well in the past. The reason? Through Jim Hall, he found a little-known, splendid guitarist in Toronto named Ed Bickert who became his new gigmate in 1974, and this album was meant to show his discovery off. In fact, it sparked a Desmond renaissance where he regained a good deal of the witty spark and erudite cool of his collaborations with Hall, no matter how unfashionable it was to play this way in 1974. Bickert is an even more reticent player than Hall, softer in touch and temperament, but eminently musical, enough to fire up Desmond's creativity. Old Desmond hand Connie Kay lends sympathy and comfort on drums, and Ron Carter is on bass. "Just Squeeze Me," "Everything I Love," and "Til the Clouds Roll By" are the best examples of the empathy at work here but any track will do. ~ Richard S. Ginell