Paul Desmond - Take Ten
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Music Reviews of Take Ten
Music Review: Why on Earth is this Out of Print?
Rating: 4 Stars
If you like the Dave Brubeck Quartet, there's no reason why you shouldn't like this. Recorded in 1963, a few years after Brubeck's seminal Time Out, Take Ten features Desmond's trademark melodic alto sax playing. There's no piano, but Demond plays along nicely with guitarist Jim Hall. The title track "Take Ten" is similar rhythmically to the classic "Take Five," but doesn't offer merely slight variations on a theme--it takes its own direction. The song titles--"El Prince," "Embarcadero," and "Samba de Orfeu"--should give you an indication of the Latin influence on this CD. Indeed, Take Five is more bossa nova than Time Out was. I have no idea why on earth this album is out of print. But if jazz fans can get a hold on a copy, they will be pleased.Music Review: Careful with this one....
Rating: 1 Stars
This is the kind of thing that really burns me with CD reissues. Amazon offers a $4.99 version of this issued in 2009 on the label "SBME Special Markets". The sound quality was awful, and I kicked myself for buying a budget version when an outside seller was offering the original 1999 CD on the original RCA label for $18. I figured that one had to be closer to the original sound than a budget knock-off, so I bought it. It is exactly the same CD. Shame on Amazon.com for printing misleading label information and leading people to believe there are various versions of CDs available when in fact there is only one. The music is terrific, but if you're looking here, you already know that.Music Review: Take Two; This and Bossa Antigua
Rating: 5 Stars
Other reviewers here have done a better job than I could by submitting informed and eloquent reviews of this fine album. So this isn't a review--it's a suggestion. Amazon offers this album together with Bossa Antigua for $22.97. Even less if you go for the used CD option. Both albums will satisfy those who love the marriage of Cool Jazz with Bossa Nova. Perfect book-ends.
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