Skylark is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring Gábor Szabó recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.CTI Records discography accessed February 10, 2012
Reception The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Paul Desmond injects a bit of the 1970s into his sound, obtaining agreeable if not totally simpatico results... It's a cautious change of pace for Desmond, although the fiercer context into which he was placed doesn't really fire his imagination".Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 10, 2012
Track listing "Take Ten" (Paul Desmond) - 6:08 "Romance de Amor" (Traditional) - 9:40 "Was a Sunny Day" (Paul Simon) - 4:52 "Music for a While" (Henry Purcell) - 6:45 "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 5:21 "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) - 4:00 "Music for a While" [alternate take] (Purcell) - 5:56 Bonus track on CD reissue "Skylark" [alternate take] (Carmichael, Mercer) - 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue "Indian Summer" [alternate take] (Dubin, Herbert) - 5:27 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on November 27–28 and December 4, 1973
Personnel From the original liner notes. Paul Desmond - alto saxophone Bob James - piano, electric piano Gene Bertoncini - guitar Gábor Szabó - guitar (all solos) Ron Carter - bass Jack DeJohnette - drums Ralph MacDonald - percussion George Ricci - cello Don Sebesky - arranger Rudy Van Gelder - recording engineer
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