Personnel:
Paul Desmond (as), Jim Hall (g), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d)
Reference: 69217
Bar code: 8436028692170
Includes the complete album: "First Place Again" (1959)
4**** by All Music Guide.
Two of the most lyrical of all the great jazzmen, the September 5-7, 1959, "First Place Again" sessions mark the first recorded collaboration between Desmond and Hall. The participation of the great Modern Jazz Quartet bass and drum tandem of Percy Heath and Connie Kay keep things swinging in epic fashion.
Desmond was once quoted as saying: "The ideal for me, is a group with a lot of cooperative playing going on, as opposed to the procession of virtuosi, if that's the word I want. Guys who can improve together in such a way that the whole turns out to be greater than the sum of all the parts." That is definitely the case here.
This CD comes with a very special OUTER CARD SLEEVE and great design.
Tracklisting:
01. East Of The Sun
02. For All We Know
03. I Get A Kick Out Of You
04. Greensleeves
05. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
06. Time After Time
07. You Go To My Head
08. Susie *
(*) Bonus Track
