The Paul Desmond Quartet - Desmond (1954) (Full Album)

This, Desmond's first album as a leader, was remastered in 1987 and released as one side of a Fantasy LP called Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond (OJC 273 / F-8082). Mulligan's side featured Mulligan with Chet Baker and Chico Hamilton.

Here are Paul Desmond's liner notes: (note: liner notes are transcribed exactly as they appear on the original release.)

desmond notes:

my name is paul desmond and here i am 30 years old and this is my first album in which i am not breathing down somebody else's neck which snicker tho you may is in many ways no small accomplishment. it comes, you will notice, in two parts - one with voices, one with a quintet, in each of which are to be found all manner of intriguing things: the fascinating unpredictable musings of dick collins, a light, sparkling and remarkably law-abiding fugue by david van kriedt, lush and lovely choral backgrounds by jack weeks and bill bates, the deft and jovial guitar picking of barney kessel and the occasional forlorn sound of an alto surrounded by microphones, all nudged along gently but firmly by the scratchings and pluckings of respectively, joe dodge and bob bates.
the quintet session came about mostly as a means of recording my two favourite van kreidt compositions, originally called CHORALE PRELUDE and FUGUE IV and identified here as BAROQUE...BUT HAPPY - partly to avoid confusion with earlier fugues by van kreidt but mostly to distinguish them from fugues he is yet to write, because van kreidt writes fugues like some people write post cards. so far this one i think, comes closest to his ideal of a fugue in which the freely swinging, haphazard-sounding phrases of current jazz are woven together in accordance with the ancient, and discouragingly strict, rules of fugue writing.

- full notes in the link below -
https://www.discogs.com/The-Paul-Desmond-Quintet-Desmond/release/3264833

00:00 Jeruvian
03:47 Soon
05:58 Winky
08:57 Baroque (Chorale Prelude)
10:44 But Happy (Fugue IV)
13:50 Will I Know
16:45 Garden In The Rain
19:37 Misty Window
23:01 Jazzabelle
29:35 A Watchman's Carroll
32:43 Everything Happens To Me
38:02 Let's Get Away From It All
42:14 Look For The Silver Lining
47:01 Sacre Blues
53:09 You Go To My Head
58:27 Line For Lyons
This CD compiles The Paul Desmond Quintet's 10" EP "Desmond," Fantasy, and The Paul Desmond Quartet's LP "The Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott," Fantasy.

https://www.discogs.com/The-Paul-Desmond-Quintet-Plus-The-Paul-Desmond-Quartet-Featuring-Don-Elliott-The-Paul-Desmond-Quinte/release/3149749
Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Bass – Bob Bates (tracks: 1 to 8), Norm Bates (tracks: 9 to 16)
Drums – Joe Chevrolet (tracks: 9 to 16), Joe Dodge (tracks: 1 to 8)
Ensemble – The Bill Bates Singers (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7)
Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
Liner Notes – Mort Sahl (tracks: 9 to 16), Paul Desmond (tracks: 1 to 8)
Mellophone – Don Elliott (tracks: 9 to 16)
Photography By – Bob Willoughby, William Claxton
Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
Tenor Saxophone – Dave Van Kriedt (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
Trombone – Jack Weeks (tracks: 6)
Trumpet – Dick Collins (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8)
Vocals – Bernie Parke (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Bill Thompson (12) (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Gloria Wood (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Loulie Jean Norman (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Sue Allen (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), Bill Brown (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7)

Digital remastering, 1992 (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)

Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
Recorded At – Radio Recorders
Mastered At – Fantasy Studios
Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDX-013612

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