The Complete RCA Victor Recordings by Paul Desmond - DeepRiffs

ALBUM

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

This set is similar to but not exactly the same as a limited-edition Mosaic six-LP box from the early 1990s. The latter included a Warner Bros. LP that is replaced here by a Paul Desmond date with strings, plus one song formerly bypassed. Desmond recorded fairly regularly from 1961-65 for RCA while on brief hiatuses from Dave Brubeck's constantly traveling quartet. Included on this five-CD set are the complete contents of Desmond Blue (the string session with suitable arrangements by Bob Prince), Take Ten, Glad to Be Happy, Bossa Antigua and Easy Living; there are no previously unreleased selections. Most of the songs feature the cool-toned altoist in a pianoless quartet with the very complementary guitarist Jim Hall. The interplay between the two stylists is so subtle and logical that it takes several listens to fully appreciate their magic. Frequently exquisite music, mixing together standards with some melodic originals.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo

Volume 1

1. My Funny Valentine

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor

2. Desmond Blue

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

3. Then I'll Be Tired of You

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Arthur Schwartz
E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Lyricist: Arthur Schwartz
E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

4. I've Got You Under My Skin

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

5. Late Lament

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

6. I Should Care

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Axel Stordahl
Paul Weston; Composer
Lyricist: Sammy Cahn; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

7. Like Someone in Love

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Lyricist: Johnny Burke; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

8. Ill Wind

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: Ted Koehler; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

9. Body and Soul

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Albert Richman
Bob Prince
Gloria Agostini
Jim Hall
Milt Hinton
Paul Desmond
Robert Thomas
Romeo Penque
Stan Webb; Main Performer
Composer: Edward Heyman
Frank Eyton
John Green
Robert Sour; Composer
Lyricist: Edward Heyman
Frank Eyton
John Green
Robert Sour; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

10. Advise and Consent

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jerry Fielding; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

11. Autumn Leaves

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jacques Prévert
Johnny Mercer
Joseph Kozma; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

12. Imagination

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke; Composer
Conductor: Bob Prince; Conductor
Producer: George Avakian; Production

Volume 2

1. Take Ten

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

2. El Prince

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

3. Alone Together

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Arthur Schwartz; Composer
Lyricist: Howard Dietz; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

4. Embarcadero

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

5. The Theme from "Black Orpheus"

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Luiz Bonfá
アントニオ・マリア; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

6. Nancy

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Phil Silvers; Composer
Lyricist: Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

7. Samba De Orpheu

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Luis Bonfa; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

8. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Isham Jones; Composer
Lyricist: Gus Kahn; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

9. Out of Nowhere

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Green; Composer
Lyricist: Edward Heyman; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

10. Embarcadero

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

11. El Prince

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Lyricist: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

Volume 3

1. Glad to Be Unhappy

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

2. Poor Butterfly

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Raymond Hubbell; Composer
Lyricist: John Golden; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

3. Stranger In Town

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Mel Tormé; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

4. A Taste of Honey

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Bobby Scott
Ric Marlow; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

5. Any Other Time

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

6. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Bronisław Kaper
Helen Deutsch; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

7. Angel Eyes

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Earl K. Brent
Matt Dennis; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

8. By the River Sainte Marie

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Harry Warren; Composer
Lyricist: Edgar Leslie; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

9. All Across The City

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jim Hall; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

10. All Through The Night

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

Volume 4

1. Bossa Antigua

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

2. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Buddy Bernier
Jerry Brainin; Composer
Lyricist: Buddy Bernier
Jerry Brainin; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

3. O Gato

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jane Herbert; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

4. Samba Cantina

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

5. Curacao Doloroso

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

6. A Ship Without A Sail

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

7. Alianca

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

8. The Girl from East 9th Street

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

9. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Buddy Bernier
Jerry Brainin; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

10. Samba Cepeda

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

11. O Gato

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jane Herbert; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

Volume 5

1. When Joanna Loved Me

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Eugene Wright
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jack Segal
Robert Wells; Composer
Lyricist: Jack Segal
Robert Wells; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

2. That Old Feeling

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Lew Brown
Sammy Fain; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Jim Hall
Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke; Composer
Lyricist: Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

4. Here's That Rainy Day

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond
Percy Heath; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Lyricist: Johnny Burke; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

5. Easy Living

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Leo Robin
Ralph Rainger; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond
Percy Heath; Main Performer
Composer: Frederick Loewe; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

7. Bewitched

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond
Percy Heath; Main Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

8. Blues For Fun

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Gene Cherico
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Desmond; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

9. Rude Old Man

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Connie Kay
Eugene Wright
Jim Hall
Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Eugene Wright; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

10. Polka Dots and Moonbeams

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Johnny Burke; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

11. Bewitched

by Paul Desmond

Primary Artist: Paul Desmond; Main Performer
Composer: Lorenz Hart
Richard Rodgers; Composer
Producer: George Avakian; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

5 volumes in total

Tracks

55 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

4 hours, 49 minutes and 12 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 664x664 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

11/55 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Cool, West Coast Jazz

Label

RCA Victor - Victor Jazz

Music Distribution Service

Sony

Country

United States

Language

No linguistic content

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 13, 1997

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

90266868728