Pre-Release
- 31 JAN 1900
- 11 Songs
- Paul Desmond Plays Paul Desmond · 1955
- Glad to Be Unhappy · 1964
- She Was Too Good to Me (40th Anniversary Edition) · 1974
- Bossa Antigua · 1964
- Dressed in Blue (Classic Mood Experience) · 1960
- Easy Living · 1965
- Two of a Mind · 1961
- Glad to Be Unhappy · 1964
- From the Hot Afternoon · 1969
- Easy Living · 1965
Essential Albums
- 1975
Artist Playlists
- Brubeck wouldn't be Brubeck without this saxophonist's cool sound.
- The exquisitely soft sax guru was also a malleable collaborator.
- 2022
Appears On
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Gerry Mulligan
- Dave Brubeck
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Dave Brubeck
- The Dave Brubeck Trio
About Paul Desmond
While Charlie Parker’s mark could be found on virtually every post-1950 jazz alto saxophonist, Paul Desmond built on the influence of fellow king-of-Cool Lee Konitz to become a school unto himself. Like Konitz’s, Desmond’s style is deceptively light and airy, more akin to the sheer tone of Lester Young than the fires of Parker. Desmond’s approach was less cerebral than that of Konitz however, and so more appealing to a wider audiences. Desmond was best known for his decades-long (1951-1967) association with Dave Brubeck, but he also had a thriving solo career during and after Brubeck. (Brubeck and Desmond reunited shortly before the latter’s death.)
- HOMETOWN
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- BORN
- 25 November 1924
- GENRE
- Jazz