Paul Desmond - First Place Again Playboy (1960) [Japanese Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 257 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 99 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27111)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 257 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 99 MB | Covers - 28 MB
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27111)
The title of this set by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond refers to his having placed first once again in the alto chair in the Downbeat poll. Released in 1960, First Place Again is the result of an unexpected gathering of the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet: Percy Heath and Connie Kay, and Jimmy Giuffre 3 guitarist Jim Hall. The four musicians were all unexpectedly at home in New York and took full advantage of cheap, after-hours recording studio time to play out this set of standards and a pair of newer tunes, John Lewis' great blues, "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West," and "East of the Sun (and West Of The Moon)," from a Princeton University theater work…