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Paul Desmond

Real Name:
Paul Emil Breitenfeld
Profile:
November 25, 1924 - May 30, 1977
Prominent jazz alto saxophonist and composer. Played with the Dave Brubeck Quartet from 1951 until 1967. Also collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall, Chet Baker, Ed Bickert.
Born with the name Paul Emil Breitenfeld. He changed it because he felt it wasn't suited for the name of a musician. He died in 1977 of lung cancer.
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Discography

Releases:
Two Knights At The Blackhawk (LP, Ful)   Fantasy 1953
"First Place Again" Playboy (Vinyl, Album)   Warner Bros. Records 1960
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond Quartet, Cal Tjader (LP, Mono)   Crown Records (2) 1961
Desmond Blue - Paul Desmond With Strings (LP)   RCA Victor 1962
Two Of A Mind (3 versions)   RCA Victor ... 1962
Take Ten (LP, Album, Mono)   RCA Victor 1963
Take Ten (LP, Album)   RCA Victor 1963
Easy Living (LP)   RCA France 1966
Summertime (LP, gat)   A&M Records 1968
From The Hot Afternoon (LP, Gat)   A&M Records 1969
Crystal Illusions (LP, Album)   A&M Records 1970
Skylark (LP)   CTI Records 1974
Untitled - That's Jazz 29 (LP, RE)   Warner Bros. Records 1976
I Grandi Incontri (Vinyl, Album, 12)   Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1980
The Only Recorded Performance Of Paul Desmond With The Modern Jazz Quartet (LP)   Finesse Records (3) 1981
Late Lament (LP)   Bluebird (3) 1987
Skylark (CD, Album)   CBS Records 1988
N.Y.C., Carnegie Hall, February 22, 1963 (CD)   Giants Of Jazz 1990
The Best Of Paul Desmond (CD, Comp)   Epic Associated, Legacy 1990
Together (CD, Comp)   Epic 1992
Bossa Antigua (CD, Comp)   BMG 1994
Blues In Time (CD)   Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1995
Easy Living (CD, Album)   Jazz Heritage 1999
Easy Living (CD, Album, RE, RM)   RCA Victor 2000
From The Hot Afternoon (CD, RE, Album)   Verve Records 2000
Take Ten (CD)   RCA Victor 2000
Bridge Over Troubled Water (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Records 2008
Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP)   A&M Records  
Desmond Blue (7")   RCA Victor  
In Concert "Jazz At College Of Pacific" (LP)   Disques Vogue  
Pure Desmond (LP, Gat)   CTI Records  
The Greats (LP)   United Records (3)  
Production:
Jungle Boogie (CD, Maxi)   Tinted Records 2000
Appears On:
Jazz At Oberlin (3 versions)   Fantasy 1953
Jazz Anthology/Vol. 3 (LP)   Mr. Pickwick 1954
Brubeck Time (Album) (3 versions) Audrey, Stompin' For Mili Philips ... 1955
Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1955
At Newport (LP, Mono)   Columbia 1956
Jazz Goes To Junior College (LP)   Fontana 1957
Jazz Impressions Of U.S.A. (LP, Mono)   Columbia 1957
Jazz Omnibus (LP, Mono, Album, Comp) When I Was Young Columbia 1957
Dave Digs Disney (2 versions)   CBS 1958
Gone With The Wind (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1959
Newport 1958 (2 versions)   Fontana ... 1959
Southern Scene (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1959
Take Five / Blue Rondo A La Turk (Single) (8 versions) Take Five CBS ... 1959
The Dave Brubeck Quartet In Europe (LP, Album)   Fontana 1959
Time Out (Album) (20 versions)   Columbia ... 1959
Tonight Only! (LP)   Columbia 1960
Meets The Sax Giants Volume 1 (LP)   Verve Records 1961
Time Further Out (Miro Reflections) (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1961
Time Out, Vol. 1 (7")   CBS 1961
Alley Cat / Green Onions: Bill Justis Plays 12 Big Instrumental Hits (LP, Album) Take Five Smash Records (4) 1962
Alley Cat / Green Onions: Bill Justis Plays 12 Big Instrumental Hits (LP, Album, Mono) Take Five Smash Records (4) 1962
Angel Eyes (LP, Album)   Columbia 1962
Ne Boude Pas (7", EP) Ne Boude Pas EMI Columbia, Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi 1962
At Carnegie Hall (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 1963
At Carnegie Hall - Part 1 (LP)   CBS 1963
Time Changes (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1963
Angel Eyes (LP)   Crown Records (2) 1964
Dave Brubeck In Berlin (LP)   CBS 1964
Jazz Impressions Of Japan (LP, Album)   Columbia 1964
Jazz Impressions Of New York (Album) (2 versions)   CBS 1965
Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (Comp) (8 versions)   Columbia ... 1966
Greatest Hits - From The Fantasy Years 1949-1954 (LP, Comp)   Fantasy 1966
Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 2 (LP) Take Five AMIGA 1966
My Favorite Things (LP, Mono)   Columbia 1966
Time In (Album) (3 versions)   Columbia 1966
Bravo! Brubeck! (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 1967
Prominente Des Jazz (Comp) (2 versions) Waltz Limp AMIGA 1967
Jackpot (LP)   CBS 1968
All You Need Is Keith Mansfield (LP, Album) Take Five CBS 1969
Summit Sessions (LP) Koto Song CBS 1971
13a Raccolta - The Best Of Fausto Papetti (2 versions) Take Five Durium ... 1972
Brubeck On Campus (2xLP, Comp)   Columbia, Columbia 1972
Jazz Summit (2xLP)   Disques Vogue 1972
The Last Set At Newport (Album) (2 versions) Take Five Atlantic 1972
Time & Love (Album) (2 versions) Summer Song / Summertime CTI Records ... 1972
Giant Box (2xLP, Box) Song To A Seagull CTI Records 1973
We're All Together Again For The First Time (LP) Take Five Atlantic 1973
40 Golden Hits (2xLP, Comp) Take Five Arcade Deutschland GmbH, CBS Special Products 1974
Dave Brubeck's All-Time Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp)   CBS 1974
Harry Verbeke 4 Tet (LP, Album) Take Five Universe Productions 1974
She Was Too Good To Me (Album) (3 versions)   CTI Records ... 1974
Concierto (LP)   CTI Records 1975
Star-Collection (LP)   Midi 1975
25th Anniversary Reunion (LP, Album) Take Five Horizon Records & Tapes, A&M Records 1977
Look To The Rainbow - Live In Europe (2xLP) Take Five Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records 1977
Quincy Jones (LP) Take Five AMIGA 1977
Watermark (3 versions)   CBS ... 1977
Take Five (7", Single) "Take Five" WEA, RKM 1978
Take Five (Reggae Disco Version) (12", Red)   International Bestseller Company 1978
Take Five / Take Dub (12")   Discovery Records (3) 1978
Take Five / Take Dub (Long Versions) (12")   EMI International 1978
"Kingston, Kingston" (LP) Cette Fille La (Take F... WEA 1979
Concierto (LP, RP)   CTI Records 1979
Take Five (Album) (2 versions)   CBS ... 1979
Take Five / Caravan / Wheels (LP) Take Five, Take Five Dub CNR Records 1979
Take Five / Soundcheck (12", Ltd) Take Five Island Records 1979
Mini Jazz Klub 34 (7", EP) Hrej Na Pět (Take A F... Panton 1981
Zboruri (LP, Album)   Electrecord 1981
Lapislazuli (LP, Album) Nimm Dir Etwas Zeit RillenWerke 1982
1954 - 1972 (LP, Comp) Stompin' For Mili CBS 1983
Brubeck Plays West Side Story / Previn Plays My Fair Lady (I Love Jazz Series) (LP, Comp)   CBS, Suzy 1983
Showcase (Cass, Album, Comp, Promo) Take Five CBS 1983
Dave Brubeck Octet (LP, RE)   Original Jazz Classics 1984
The Best Of George Benson (LP, Comp) Take Five AMIGA 1984
Hurricane (LP, Album) Wendy Gulfstream Productions 1985
Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 1/2 (LP, Comp, RE) Take Five AMIGA 1986
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Summer Song Mills College 1986
Plays Music From "West Side Story" And... (CD)   Columbia 1986
Jazz At Oberlin (CD, Album)   Fantasy, Original Jazz Classics 1987
Sasquatch Rock (Album) (2 versions) Take Five SST Records 1987
Strike Up The Band (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Take Five Verve Records ... 1987
Still Live (2xCD, Album) Late Lament ECM Records 1988
Les Plus Grands Moments Du Jazz (2xLP) Take Five CBS 1989
The Dave Brubeck Collection (CD) Take Five, Audrey CBS Records Australia 1989
Essentiel Jazz - Géants Du Jazz (CD, Comp) Waltz Limp Sony Music 1990
Οι Μεγάλες Στιγμές Της Jazz (2xLP) Take Five CBS 1990
Interchanges '54 (CD, RM) Audrey, Stompin' For Mili Columbia 1991
Octet (CD, Album, RM)   Original Jazz Classics 1991
Verve Jazz Box (7xCD, Comp + Box) Line For Lyons Verve Records 1991
Dave Brubeck Octet (LP, RE)   Original Jazz Classics 1992
Guten Tach! (Cass, Album)   EMI Electrola 1992
Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (12", MiniAlbum)   Columbia 1992
Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia (CD, Album)   Columbia, Legacy 1992
Like Someone In Love (CD, Album)   Telarc 1992
Dance Traxx Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Take Five T.J.S.B. 1993
Gold (CD) Take Five Gold 1993
Someday My Prince Will Come (CD)   A Jazz Hour With 1993
Essentiel Jazz (CD, Comp)   Columbia 1994
Essentiel Jazz - Cinéma Jazz (CD, Comp) Somewhere Sony Music 1994
Fillmore Street Live (CD, Album) Take Five Hardwood Music 1994
Jazzin' The Blues - 18 Cool Jazz Moods (CD, Comp) Here's That Rainy Day Music Club 1994
No Brothershit (Based On Take Five) (12")   BMG 1994
The Hat Won't Fit (CD, Album) No Brothershit (Theme ... BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH 1994
You Must Be Crazy - The Official Live Album (Album) (3 versions) Take Five T'Bwana Sound ... 1994
Essentiel Jazz - Les Quatre Saisons (The Four Seasons) (CD, Comp) Autumn Leaves, Autumn ... Sony Music 1995
Jazz Collection (2xCD, Comp) Upstage Rumba Columbia, Legacy 1995
Take Five - His Greatest Hits (CD)   CBS 1995
These Foolish Things (CD, Album)   Jazz Club 1995
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) Fall Out Verve Records 1996
Fritz The Cat & Heavy Traffic (CD) Take Five ZYX Music 1996
This Is Jazz (10xCD, RM, Comp + Box, Ltd) Autumn Leaves, She Was... Columbia 1996
This Is Jazz (CD, Comp) Take Five, Take Five, ... Sony Music Entertainment Inc. 1996
This Is Jazz 2 (CD, Comp, RM)   Columbia 1996
Essentiel Jazz (CD, Comp) Take Five, Blue Rondo ... Sony Music 1997
Jazz Works - Jazz At The Cinema (CD, Comp) Autumn Leaves Columbia 1997
Jazziza (CD, Album) Take Five Columbia 1997
The Desmond Project (CD, Album) Desmond Blue, Wendy, T... Chesky Records 1997
Dziewczyna 3 (CD, Comp) Take Five '98 (Exit EE... Magic Records 1998
Legends Of Acid Jazz - Hammond Heroes (CD, Comp) Take Five Prestige 1998
Take 5 '98 (CD, Maxi)   Total Recall (3) 1998
Gerry Anderson - Evocation (CD, Comp, Dig) Take Five EMI Records 1999
Late Night Jazz (A Heavy Duty Smokin' Session) (CD, Comp) Take Five New Sound 2000 Ltd. 1999
Quincy Jones (CD, Comp) Take Five New Sound 2000 Ltd. 1999
The Best Of Jazz Juice (3xLP, Comp) Take Five Beechwood Music 1999
The Genius Of Quincy Jones (CD) Take Five Hallmark Records 1999
Cool Jazz - New York 1947 - 1949 (2xCD, Comp) You Go To My Head Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Jungle Boogie (Maxi, Single) (3 versions)   Tinted Records ... 2000
Ken Burns Jazz (CD, Comp) Perdido, Le Souk, Le S... Columbia, Legacy 2000
The Very Best (CD, Comp) Take Five Columbia 2000
16 Top World Charts '01 (CD, Comp) Jungle Boggie (Black L... Vidisco 2001
Bar Jazz Vol. 2 (3xCD, Comp) Take Ten Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2001
Encyclopedia Of Modern Jazz Bebop To Fusion (2xCD) Blue Rondo Recording Arts SA 2001
Vocal Encounters (CD, Comp) Take Five Columbia, Legacy 2001
Bar Jazz Vol. 3 (3xCD, Comp) Take Five (Album Version) Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2002
Re-foc (Album) (2 versions)   Rubyworks 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 5 (3xCD, Comp) Stompin' For Mill (Alb... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) At A Perfume Counter Le Chant Du Monde 2003
The Guitar Player (CD, Comp) Take Five Castle Music 2003
Take Five / Dat Dere (7") Take Five Jazzman 2004
Take Five (SACD, Album, Hyb) Take Five Eighty-Eight's 2005
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Wintersong Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz For Dining (CD, Comp, RM) Samba With Some Barbecue Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz Swings Pop (CD, Comp, RM) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Summer Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) From The Hot Afternoon Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Swinging The Big Band (CD, Comp, RM) Take Five Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Takin' On His Chords And Notes (CD, Album) Le Souk, Stompin' For ... Vintage (3) 2006
The Greatest Jazz Hits (CD, Comp, RM) Take Five Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Thriller Jazz (Comp) (2 versions) Lady In Cement Verve Records ... 2006
Coffee Time Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) El Condor Pasa Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2007
Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (2xLP, Comp) Take Five Numero Group 2007
Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (CD, Comp) Take Five Numero Group 2007
Ram Café 2 - Lounge & Chillout (2xCD, Dig) Take Five Magic Records, Magnetic Records (3) 2007
Rare Trax Vol. 53 - Cuca Latina - Jazz From South Of The Border (CD, Comp, Car) Take Five Rolling Stone (Germany) 2007
The Original Multiplayer Soundsystem© (CD, Mixed, Comp + 2xCD, Comp) Take Five (Reggae Disc... EMI Music (Belgium) 2007
Complete 1958 Berlin Concert (CD)   RLR Records 2008
Live In Japan (CD, Album, Liv + DVD, NTSC) Take Five ATO Records, ATO Records 2008
Take Five (12") Take Five Get Physical Music 2008
7th Anniversary Compilation Pt.1 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Take Five Get Physical Music 2009
Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter (LP, Album, RE)   Columbia  
At Black Hawk In San Francisco (LP, Album)   America Records  
Blue Rondo A La Turk (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Take Five Fontana, Phonogram  
Dave Brubeck At Storyville: 1954 (LP)   Philips  
Experiments In Time Vol. 1 (7", EP)   Fontana  
Experiments In Time Vol. 2 (7", EP)   Fontana  
Jazz Anthologie - Sony Music Box (5xCD + Box, Comp) Stompin' For Mili Columbia  
Jazz Panorama (LP) Take Five Балкантон  
Lover / Sometimes I'm Happy (7", Single)   Columbia  
My Favorite Things (LP, Album)   Columbia  
Take - Five (12", Lim)   Music Master Benelux  
Take Five - "Poll Winners Jazz" (7", EP) Take Five Fontana  
The Genius Of Dave Brubeck (LP)   America Records  
The Keith Mansfield Orchestra (LP) Take Five Pronit  
The Lonesome Road (7")   Fontana  
Time Out (Vinyl, RM, Qui)   Classic Records  
Tonight Only! (LP)   Fontana  
Unsquare Dance (7", EP)   CBS  
Tracks Appear On:
Meets The Sax Giants Volume 1 (LP) Blues In Time, Standstill Verve Records 1961
The Jazz Giants (Reel, 4 T) Stardust, The Way You ... RCA Victor 1967
Jazz In A Penthouse (LP, Comp) Samba With Some Barbec... A&M Records 1970
40 Golden Originals (2xLP, Comp) Take Ten RCA 1979
Night People (Cass, Comp) This Can't Be Love New Musical Express 1984
Too Cool - Le Meilleur Du Jazz Cool (CD, Comp) Polka Dots And Moonbeans BMG (France), RCA, Novus 1992
Op Een Dag ... (CD, Comp) Song From M.A.S.H. Sony Music Special Products 1993
Too Cool - Le Meilleur Du Jazz Cool Vol.2 (CD, Comp) The Girl From East 9th... BMG (France), RCA, Novus 1993
Jazzin' The Blues - 18 Cool Jazz Moods (CD, Comp) Here's That Rainy Day Music Club 1994
18 Gems Of The Giants Of Jazz (CD) Take Five Giants Of Jazz 1996
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) Fall Out Verve Records 1996
The Mad, Mad World Of Soundtracks (Comp) (2 versions) The Lady In Cement Motor Music 1997
A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova (2xCD) Samba With Some Barbecue Motor Music 1998
The Very Best Of Latin Jazz (2xCD) Samba D'Orpheu Global Television 1998
The Very Best Of Latin Jazz 2 (2xCD) Bossa Antigua, Theme F... Global Television 1999
Bar Jazz (3xCD, Comp) Wave Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2000
The Hipster (CD, Comp) Line For Lyons Drive (2) 2000
Bar Jazz Vol. 2 (3xCD, Comp) You'd Be So Nice To Co... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2001
CTI: The Master Collection (2xCD) Take Ten, Wave Sony Music Entertainment Inc. 2001
Jazz Indispensable - Saxophone (CD, Comp) My Funny Valentine RCA Victor 2001
Bar Classics - Das Beste Aus Jazz Und Klassik Zur Späten Stunde (Box + 6xCD, Comp) Wave, Warn Valley Sony Music Entertainment (Germany), Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2002
Bar Jazz Vol. 4 (3xCD, Comp) Song From M*A*S*H (Sui... Sony Music Catalog, Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2002
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp) Body & Soul, Stardust BMG (Netherlands) 2002
The Morning Side Of Love (2xCD, Comp) Take Ten Irma 2002
Late Night Jazz - The Essential Album (2xCD) Take Ten Essentials (2) 2003
Bar Jazz Connection (2xCD) Song From M.A.S.H. (Su... Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) 2004
CTI Records - The Master Series Sampler (CD, Smplr) Wave Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 2004
Bar Jazz 6 (3xCD, Comp) Angel Eyes Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2005
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Wintersong Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz For Dining (CD, Comp, RM) Samba With Some Barbecue Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Jazz Swings Pop (CD, Comp, RM) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Summer Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) From The Hot Afternoon Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
Thriller Jazz (Comp) (2 versions) Lady In Cement Verve Records ... 2006
Bar Jazz Vol. 7 (3xCD, Comp + Box) I Should Care Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2007
Coffee Time Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) El Condor Pasa Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2007
Bar Jazz Best (5xCD, Comp + Box) You'd Be Nice To Come ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) 2008
Jazz Best 2 (LP) Line For Lyons Verve Records  
The Jazz Memories Collection (2xCD, Comp) Line For Lyons Romance Of Jazz  
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