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Paul Desmond Quartet

Title: First Place Again with Jim Hall

Label: Gambit

Cat No:69217
Format:CD

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A rare ‘after hours’ session recorded in New York in September,1959 when all four participants happened to be in town together for different gigs : Paul Desmond (with the Brubeck Quartet), Jim Hall (with the Jimmy Giuffre 3) and Percy Heath & Connie Kay (of the Modern Jazz Quartet). As these 8 tracks testify, Desmond and Hall blend effortlessly with the MJQ rhythm section and it would form the basis of the two leaders’ many collaborations in the future.

This mid-price Gambit edition also includes a rare 8th track never released on the original LP - this track called “Suzie” was Desmond’s only composition of the session, and was dedicated to the beautiful ‘super-model’ of the period, Suzie Parker.

Track Listing for First Place Again with Jim Hall
1. East Of The Sun
2. For All W Know
3. I Get A Kick Out Of You
4. Greensleeves
5. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
6. Time After Time
7. You Go To My Head
8. Susie

Reviews

Jazz Journal - Gordan Jack

This was the first and arguably the best of several collaborations between Paul Desmond and Jim Hall and is highly recommended.

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First Place Again with Jim Hall

Edmonton Festival 1976