Paul Desmond - Easy Living

180-gram vinyl

Why should you buy this LP? 1. Because of its super sound? Of course! 2. Because Paul Desmond and Jim Hall are playing? Naturally! 3. For "Easy Living"? Surely one of the best numbers in one of the most multifaceted versions! 4. Because you missed out on the first release in 1966? Well, don’t make the same mistake in 2018!

Not everyone wants to purchase all Victor recordings by Paul Desmond and Jim Hall with umpteen alternate takes in a voluminous CD Box, to listen to it all, and to find it just wonderful to show off on the record shelf. The eight numbers on Easy Living constitute the height of Desmond’s career anyway after he had at last managed to take his leave from Dave Brubeck’s group. And the change from purely chordal playing and single notes from Jim Hall is more airy and more inspiring than the meaty piano clusters of his former boss. And don’t forget either that half of the Modern Jazz Quartet, namely the bassist Percy Heath and the drummer Connie Kay, deliver an exquisite skeletal structure over which the musicians can improvise brilliantly.

LPs are, and remain, unbeatable, both as regards sound and feel. And happily they are also a safe investment – maybe not all, but Easy Living with Paul Desmond and Jim Hall most definitely!

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com.
All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: June 1963, July and September 1964, June 1965 at RCA Studio, New York City
Production: George Avakian

1. When Joanna Loved Me

2. That Old Feeling

3. Polka Dots And Moonbeams

4. Here's That Rainy Day

5. Easy Living

6. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

7. Bewitched

8. Blues For Fun

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 4 person(s) rated this product.

Straing Out Of The Park. posted on 03/09/2024 5 Stars Reviewer: Andre This pressing and mastering is superb. Paul desmond is playing as usual so nothing to say about, but how quiet the pressing is, beside how crispy and fresh the sound expand in the room, it's a hit straing out the park. played on: Home brew TT with pickering d-1200, VTA PH-16 phono preamp, Bottlehead preamp and MC 7100 amp.

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