LP-Paul Desmond-“First Place Again” Playboy

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First Place Againis the second album led by American jazz saxophonistPaul Desmond. The album was recorded in September 1959 and released on theWarner Bros.label.[1][2][3]It was the first of five studio albums Desmond recorded with quartets that included guitaristJim Halland drummerConnie Kay.Percy Heath, who was Kay’s bandmate from theModern Jazz Quartet, completed the quartet for this album. For most of August 1959, Hall, Heath, and Kay had been faculty members at theLenox School of Jazzmusic workshop. During that same month, Desmond finished recordingTime Outwith the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

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Track listing

1. “I Get a Kick Out of You” (Cole Porter) 8:38
2. “For All We Know” (J. Fred Coots,Sam M. Lewis) 5:33
3. “Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West” (John Lewis) 7:28
4. “Greensleeves” (Traditional) 2:05
5. “You Go to My Head” (Coots,Haven Gillespie) 6:27
6. “East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)” (Brooks Bowman) 5:45
7. “Time After Time” (Jule Styne,Sammy Cahn) 6:13