Take Ten [US Bonus Tracks] (1963)

About this title: Now listeners can enter the heart of the Paul Desmond/Jim Hall sessions, a great quartet date with Gene Cherico manning the bass (Gene Wright deputizes on the title track) and MJQ drummer Connie Kay displaying other sides of his personality. Everyone wanted Desmond to come up with a sequel to the monster hit "Take Five"; and so he did, reworking the tune and playfully designating the meter as ten/eight. Hence "Take Ten," a worthy sequel with a solo that has a Middle-Eastern feeling akin to Desmond's famous extemporaneous excursion with Brubeck in "Le Souk" back in 1954. It was here that ... read more

Tracks:

1. Take Ten [Desmond]
2. El Prince [Desmond]
3. Alone Together [Dietz/Schwartz]
4. Embarcadero [Desmond]
5. Theme from "Black Orpheus" [Bonfa/Creatore/Mari]
6. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) [Silvers/VanHeusen]
7. Samba de Orfeu [Bonfa]
8. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) [Jones/Kahn]
9. Out of Nowhere [Green/Heyman]
10. Embarcedero (Alternate Take) [Desmond]
11. El Prince (Alternate Take) [Desmond]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.