Paul Desmond: When Joanna Loved Me

Track

When Joanna Loved Me

Artist

Paul Desmond (alto sax)

CD

Easy Living (Bluebird RCA 2306)

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Musicians:

Paul Desmond (alto sax), Jim Hall (guitar), Eugene Wright (bass), Connie Kay (drums).

Recorded: New York, July 14, 1964

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Rating: 85/100 (learn more)

Paul Desmond may have possessed the most beautiful alto saxophone tone in jazz since Johnny Hodges starred with Duke Ellington. And Desmond’s improvisations were intelligent and highly melodic. Here, away from his customary setting of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and with a superior trio of likeminded colleagues, his lovely sound and lyrical phrasing accent the poignancy of the beautiful and melancholy “When Joanna Loved Me.”

Reviewer: David Franklin

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