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First Place Again
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<h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Allmusic/Hb8cU8Fb">Allmusic</a></i></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz_Recordings/lJlH85nh">The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings</a></i></td><td> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/facts/Allmusic/Hb8cU8Fb">Allmusic</a> awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Desmond, of course, being at that time the king of melodic improvisation on the alto – with the possible exception of <a href="/facts/Art_Pepper/KoSY2LEN">Art Pepper</a>'s ascendancy – is in fine form. His whimsical, breathy, dry tone is sharp, on the spot, and full of ideas as he quotes from a vast number of tunes. This is a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxed set if ultimately unmemorable".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <ol><li>"<a href="/facts/I_Get_a_Kick_Out_of_You/1R0fNdlL">I Get a Kick Out of You</a>" (<a href="/facts/Cole_Porter/qVcdskjW">Cole Porter</a>) – 8:38</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/For_All_We_Know_(1934_song)/jRss3cVw">For All We Know</a>" (<a href="/facts/J._Fred_Coots/1aJKGUGd">J. Fred Coots</a>, <a href="/facts/Sam_M._Lewis/lzyjVnUd">Sam M. Lewis</a>) – 5:33</li> <li>"Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" (<a href="/facts/John_Lewis_(pianist)/6DaDlTMl">John Lewis</a>) – 7:28</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Greensleeves/Vpf17N8U">Greensleeves</a>" (Traditional) – 2:05</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/You_Go_to_My_Head/5FqVDPYH">You Go to My Head</a>" (Coots, <a href="/facts/Haven_Gillespie/ddtNNjGu">Haven Gillespie</a>) – 6:27</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/East_of_the_Sun_(and_West_of_the_Moon)/EvBenYtm">East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)</a>" (<a href="/facts/Brooks_Bowman/Tk70fVj0">Brooks Bowman</a>) – 5:45</li> <li>"<a href="/facts/Time_After_Time_(1947_song)/2LgB27Wh">Time After Time</a>" (<a href="/facts/Jule_Styne/pPlk4B95">Jule Styne</a>, <a href="/facts/Sammy_Cahn/2jylWwVj">Sammy Cahn</a>) – 6:13</li> <li>"Susie" (Paul Desmond) – 3:49 Bonus track on CD reissue</li></ol> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Paul_Desmond/bSIDSQzL">Paul Desmond</a> – <a href="/facts/Alto_saxophone/H3w7NSVD">alto saxophone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Hall_(musician)/IEz64GDy">Jim Hall</a> – <a href="/facts/Guitar/QIJdTYa6">guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Percy_Heath/SAMz0Edf">Percy Heath</a> – <a href="/facts/Double_bass/zyyj4aay">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Connie_Kay/tkRuFg8y">Connie Kay</a> – <a href="/facts/Drum_kit/XsmopoW9">drums</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Paul Desmond Catalog accessed February 29, 2016 <a href="http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-desmond/catalog/#warner-bros-w-1356" target="_blank">http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-desmond/catalog/#warner-bros-w-1356</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Paul Desmond Discography Part Two: 1950-1959 Archived 2015-03-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016 <a href="http://www.puredesmond.ca/des50b.htm" target="_blank">http://www.puredesmond.ca/des50b.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Berry, S. Jim Hall discography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine accessed February 29, 2016 <a href="http://www.stevencberry.net/jimhall.html" target="_blank">http://www.stevencberry.net/jimhall.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Jurek, Thom. First Place Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001990207" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001990207</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0. <a href="978-0-141-03401-0" target="_blank">978-0-141-03401-0</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Jurek, Thom. First Place Again – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001990207" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001990207</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>