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Paul Desmond: Easy Living

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In June 1966, “RCA Victor” label released “Easy Living”, the ninth Paul Desmond album. It was recorded June 1963, September 1964, June 1965, in New York City, and was produced by George Avakian.

Personnel:

  • Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
  • Jim Hall – guitar
  • Gene Cherico, Percy Heath, Eugene Wright – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Desmond except where noted.

  1. When Joanna Loved Me – Robert Wells, Jack Segal
  2. That Old Feeling – Sammy Fain, Lew Brown
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  6. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
  7. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. Blues for Fun

Stan Getz: Nobody Else But Me

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On September 27, 1994, “Verve” label released “Nobody Else but Me”, studio album by Stan Getz. It was recorded in March 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • Gene Cherico – bass
  • Joe Hunt – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
  2. 6-Nix-Quix-Flix – Gary Burton
  3. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  4. Waltz for a Lovely Wife – Phil Woods
  5. Out of Focus – Gary Burton
  6. Nobody Else but Me – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
  7. Sweet Sorrow – Michael Gibbs
  8. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  9. What Is This Thing Called Love? – Cole Porter
  10. Waltz for a Lovely Wife (single version)