Take Ten [US Bonus Tracks]

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All Music Guide - Richard S. Ginell
Now listeners can enter the heart of the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall sessions, a great quartet date with Gene Cherico manning the bass Gene Wright deputizes on the title track and MJQ drummer Connie Kay displaying other sides of his personality. Everyone wanted Desmond to come up with a sequel to the monster hit "Take Five"; and so he did, reworking the tune and playfully designating the meter as ten/eight. Hence "Take Ten," a worthy sequel with a solo that has a Middle-Eastern feeling akin to Desmond's famous extemporaneous excursion with Brubeck in "Le Souk" back in 1954. It was here that Desmond also unveiled a spin-off of the then-red-hot bossa nova groove that he ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Richard S. Ginell
Now listeners can enter the heart of the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall sessions, a great quartet date with Gene Cherico manning the bass Gene Wright deputizes on the title track and MJQ drummer Connie Kay displaying other sides of his personality. Everyone wanted Desmond to come up with a sequel to the monster hit "Take Five"; and so he did, reworking the tune and playfully designating the meter as ten/eight. Hence "Take Ten," a worthy sequel with a solo that has a Middle-Eastern feeling akin to Desmond's famous extemporaneous excursion with Brubeck in "Le Souk" back in 1954. It was here that Desmond also unveiled a spin-off of the then-red-hot bossa nova groove that he called "bossa antigua" a sardonic play on words meaning "old thing", which laid the ground for Desmond's next album and a few more later in the decade. Two of the best examples are his own tunes, the samba-like "El Prince" named after arranger Bob Prince, an infectious number with on-the-wing solo flights that you can't get out of your head, and the haunting "Embarcadero." Hall now gets plenty of room to stretch out, supported by Kay's gently dropped bombs, and he is the perfect understated swinging foil for the wistful altoist. There is not a single track here that isn't loaded with ingeniously worked out, always melodic ideas. [The 2000 U.S. reissue includes three bonus tracks: "Out of Nowhere," and alternate takes of "Embarcadero" and "El Prince."]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/4/2009
  • Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
  • UPC: 886974861225
  • Catalog Number: 748612
  • Sales rank: 8,477

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Paul Desmond Primary Artist, Alto Saxophone
Jim Hall Guitar, Track Performer
Connie Kay Drums
Gene Cherico Bass
Gene Wright Bass
Technical Credits
Luiz Bonfá Composer
Paul Desmond Composer
George Avakian Producer
Steve Backer Producer, Executive Producer
Luigi Creatore Composer
Howard Dietz Composer, Lyricist
Johnny Green Composer
Ray Hall Engineer
Edward Heyman Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim Composer
Isham Jones Composer
Gus Kahn Composer, Lyricist
Hugo Peretti Composer
Antônio Maria Composer
Jay Newland Engineer, Mastering
Hugh Peretti Composer
Luciano Salvatore Composer
Andre Michel Salvet Composer
Arthur Schwartz Composer
Phil Silvers Composer
John Snyder Producer, Reissue Producer
James Van Heusen Composer, Lyricist
Gene Kalbacher Liner Notes
Jacqueline Murphy Art Direction
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