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Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album)

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Bridge over Troubled Water
Studio album by
Paul Desmond
ReleasedOctober 1970[1]
Recorded1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ[2]
GenreJazz
Length36:21
LabelA&M SP 3032
Verve reissue
ProducerDon Sebesky
Paul Desmond chronology
From the Hot Afternoon
(1969) 		Bridge over Troubled Water
(1970) 		We're All Together Again for the First Time
(1972)

Bridge over Troubled Water is a 1970 studio album by Paul Desmond. It consists of songs recorded by Simon & Garfunkel and arranged by Don Sebesky.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic said that "Against the odds as determined by bopsters, Desmond finds something beautiful, wistful, and/or sly to say in each of these ten tunes, backed by Herbie Hancock's Rhodes electric piano and a set of ravishing, occasionally overstated (as in "America") orchestrations by Don Sebesky".[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by Paul Simon, except "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", a traditional ballad, arranged by Simon and Art Garfunkel.

  1. "El Condor Pasa" – 3:05
  2. "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" – 3:27
  3. "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – 5:11
  4. "Mrs. Robinson" – 2:42
  5. "Old Friends" – 3:54
  6. "America" – 3:58
  7. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – 4:03
  8. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 4:23
  9. "Cecilia" – 2:14
  10. "Bridge over Troubled Water" – 3:24

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 7, 1970. p. 35.
  2. ^ "Paul Desmond Discography". JazzDisco.org. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bridge Over Troubled Water". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
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