Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Desmond album) explained

Bridge over Troubled Water
Type:	studio
Artist:	Paul Desmond
Cover:	desmondbridge.jpg
Released:	October 1970^[1]
Recorded:	1969
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ^[2]
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:21
Label:	A&M SP 3032 Verve reissue
Producer:	Don Sebesky
Prev Title:	From the Hot Afternoon
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	We're All Together Again for the First Time
Next Year:	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

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".

Track listing

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

• Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
• Herbie Hancock – electric piano
• Ron Carter – double bass
• Jerry Jemmott – Fender bass
• Airto Moreira, Bill Lavorgna, João Palma – drums
• Gene Bertoncini, Sam Brown – guitar
• Don Sebesky – arranger

Notes and References

1. Billboard . November 7, 1970 . Billboard Album Reviews . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 35.
2. Web site: Paul Desmond Discography . JazzDisco.org . October 2, 2023.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=bridge-over-troubled-water-r137661|pure_url=yes}} Bridge Over Troubled Water]. AllMusic. October 1, 2011.