Mystery Desmond track on youtube

[ladenso1]

Paul’s discography on the Jazz Discography Project website shows two recordings Paul did of “Wave”, one in the studio, and one at Bourbon Street in Toronto. Both have been uploaded to youtube. (The one from Bourbon Street is especially interesting: Paul plays the “Audrey/Balcony Rock” coda in the second eight bars of his first chorus after the head statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY0nsymnf4s).

    But a third Desmond version, which sounds like it’s also from the Bourbon Street gig (perhaps played a different night) is also on youtube. The video part of the upload shows the album cover from a compilation called Jazz at Midnight. But this track is not on that album (the album does contain “Here’s That Rainy Day” and “Funny Valentine” by groups led by Paul).

    So where does that third version ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPRsi_WYBzY) come from?

 

[JSngry]

Pretty big audience, judging by the applause. Try this:

 

Paul Desmond - Edmonton Festival 76
Recorded live at Edmonton Jazz Festival, Canada
Wednesday, April 14, 1976.
 

Desmond appeared only half a dozen times with his "Canadian Quartet" -- Ed Bickert on guitar, Don Thompson on bass, and Jerry Fuller on drums. Fortunately Don Thompson also doubles as a recording engineer, and a number of the club dates were recorded and released. The group also appeared on CBC-TV s Take 30, and were recorded at the Edmonton Jazz Festival.

 

[sidewinder]

If that concert was recorded at the Westin Hotel, the ballroom is of a fair size and would have held a good sized audience. Recall seeing a sell-out John McLaughlin gig there.

[ladenso1]

Well, that's definitely what I was looking for.  Third track in the concert is the same as the youtube upload with the incorrect album cover.  The Jazz Discography Project just missed that one.  I'll have to see if there's a way of contacting them about it.

Thanks so much!

 

[JSngry]

That's a sweet cut, btw, and unknown to me. So thank you as well!

[Ted O'Reilly]

The concert was at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, with an audience of about 1000 persons...  I think it might be the only concert the quartet did, with other performances being in clubs.  (If allowed, the recording is Gambit 69280.)

[Jim R]

On 7/9/2017 at 8:56 AM, ladenso1 said:

Well, that's definitely what I was looking for.  Third track in the concert is the same as the youtube upload with the incorrect album cover.  The Jazz Discography Project just missed that one.  I'll have to see if there's a way of contacting them about it.

Thanks so much!

 

It's listed there.  http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-desmond/discography/

Paul Desmond Quartet

Paul Desmond (alto sax) Ed Bickert (guitar) Don Thompson (bass) Jerry Fuller (drums)

Edmonton Jazz Festival, Edmonton, AB, Canada, April 14, 1976

	Just Squeeze Me	Gambit (Sp) 69280
	Darn That Dream	-
	Wave	-
	Some Day My Prince Will Come	-
	Wendy	-
	Take Five	-

* Gambit (Sp) 69280   Paul Desmond Quartet - Edmonton Festival '76

[ladenso1]

It wasn't there when I initiated this thread.

Immediately after i thanked JSngry for getting me pointed in the right direction I sent the compilers at the Jazz Discography Project an e-mail with a link to https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Desmond-Quartet-Edmonton-Festival-76/release/3110331

Glad to see that they've acted so promptly on my post.