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Genre:
Jazz
Release Date: 02/01/2008
Run Time: 65:31
Jim Hall's
Concierto was arguably the greatest LP in the history of
CTI; now that it has been reissued (for a second time as a CD), the improved sound and packaging plus three more new tracks eclipse the earlier CD reissue on
CBS Associated. With
Chet Baker,
Roland Hanna and
Paul Desmond,
Hall is perfectly complemented. A master of melody who never wastes notes, the centerpiece for this release is
Hall's interpretation of one movement from
Joaquín Rodrigo's
"Guitar Concerto," arranged by
Don Sebesky. New tracks include alternate takes of
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" and
"Rock Skippin'," plus
"Unfinished Business," an incomplete track that fades following
Desmond's solo just as
Hall starts to play (This song is actually
"La Paloma Azul," a Mexican
folk tune played by
Paul Desmond with
the Dave Brubeck Quartet about a decade earlier, also known as
"The Blue Dove").
~Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
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