Dave Brubeck – Gone With the Wind (1959)

Columbia – CL 1347Rec. Dates : April 22/23, 1959Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Eugene WrightDrums : Joe Morello Billboard : 08/24/1959 The Brubeck Quartet has another likely big seller with their latest. Set includes a group of standards and folk tunes. As usual, Paul Desmond on alto and Joe Morello lend first rate backing. Gene Wright is on bass. Tunes

Paul Desmond – Take Ten (1963)

RCA Victor – LSP / LPM 2569Rec. Dates : November 5, 10, 12, 14, 25, 1963Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Gene Cherico, Gene WrightDrums : Connie KayGuitar : Jim Hall Asbury Park PressDon Lass : 12/07/1963 Desmond, long the key soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is joined here by superb guitarist Jim Hall for a relaxed set of

Paul Desmond / Gerry Mulligan – Two of a Mind (1962)

RCA Victor – LSP-2624Rec. Dates : June 26, 1962, July 3, 1962, August 13, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : John Beal, Joe Benjamin, Wendell MarshallDrums : Connie Kay, Mel Lewis Billboard : 11/10/1962Jazz Spotlight Album Modern jazz listeners should welcome this one with open arms. It spotlights two of the most eloquent witty and

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1957)

Columbia – CL 984Rec. Dates : November 16, 1956, November 26, 1956, February 4, 1957Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Norman BatesDrums : Joe Morello Army TimesTom Scanlan : 07/06/1957 The Brubeck Club, which still has many members, will want to hear Dave’s latest called Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. as will others who are only occasional

Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond – Mulligan Desmond Quartet (1957)

Verve – MGV-8246Rec. Dates : August 2, 1957, August 27, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Joe BenjaminDrums : Dave Bailey Billboard : 12/12/1957Spotlight on… selection The clarity of Paul Desmond‘s alto and the warm intensity of Gerry Mulligan on baritone were never so richly captured as they are on this, their first package together.

Dave Brubeck Quartet – Red Hot and Cool (1955)

Columbia – CL 699Rec. Dates : October 12, 1954, July 23, 1955Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Bob BatesDrums : Joe Dodge Billboard : 10/15/1955Spotlight on… selection The Brubeck foursome scores another bullseye with this collection of on-the-spot recordings emanating from their Basin Street (New York) appearances of October 1954 and July 1955. All three