From the Hot Afternoon

From the Hot Afternoon is an album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the CTI label.

Track listing

 * 1) "October (Outubro)" - (Fernando Brant, Milton Nascimento) - 3:00
 * 2) "Round N' Round (Gira Girou)" (Nascimento) - 4:32
 * 3) "Faithful Brother (Irmão de Fé)" (Nascimento) - 3:09
 * 4) "To Say Goodbye" (Edu Lobo) - 4:01
 * 5) "From the Hot Afternoon" (Nascimento) - 3:31
 * 6) "Circles" (Lobo) - 3:46
 * 7) "Martha & Romao" (Lobo) - 3:05
 * 8) "Catavento" (Nascimento) - 2:46
 * 9) "Canto Latino (Latin Chant)" (Nascimento) - 4:25
 * 10) "Crystal Illusions" (Johnny Guarnieri, Lani Hall, Lobo) - 4:41
 * 11) "Gira Girou (Round 'n' Round)" [alternate take] (Nascimento) - 4:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 12) "Faithful Brother (Irmão de Fé)" [alternate take] (Nascimento) - 2:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 13) "From the Hot Afternoon" [alternate take] (Nascimento) - 3:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 14) "Catavento" [alternate take] (Nascimento) - 2:31 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 15) "Canto Latino (Latin Chant)" [alternate take] (Nascimento) - 4:01 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 16) "From the Hot Afternoon" [alternate take 2] (Nascimento) - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue


 * Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 24 (tracks 1 & 5-7), June 25 (tracks 3, 4, 10 & 12), August 13 (tracks 5, 13 & 16), and August 14 (tracks 2, 8, 9, 11, 14 & 15), 1969

Personnel

 * Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
 * Edu Lobo - guitar
 * Dorio Ferreira - guitar
 * Ron Carter - bass
 * Airto Moreira - drums, percussion
 * Marky Markowitz, Marvin Stamm - trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Paul Faulise - bass trombone
 * James Buffington - French horn
 * Phil Bodner, George Marge - saxophone, clarinet, oboe
 * Don Hammond, Hubert Laws - flute, alto flute
 * Stan Webb, Jr. - flute, alto flute, percussion
 * Pat Rebillot - electric piano, keyboards
 * Jack Jennings - percussion
 * Lewis Eley, Paul Gershmman, George Ockner, Eugene Orloff, Raoul Poliakin, Max Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Sylvan Shulman, Avram Weiss - violin
 * Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello
 * Margaret Ross - harp
 * Wanda de Sah, Edu Lobo - vocal
 * Don Sebesky - arranger

Production

 * Creed Taylor - producer
 * Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
 * Pete Turner - photography

Reception
Allmusic reviewer Richard S. Ginell states "Paul Desmond's first genuine all-Brazilian album under the Creed Taylor signature was a beauty".