Milestones of a Jazz Legend: Paul Desmond

~ Release by Paul Desmond (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Desmond (1955) (1-9) / The Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott (1956) (10-17)
2▶CD: Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1954) (1-6) / Jazz at Storyville (1953) (7-11)
3▶CD: Gerry Mulligan - Paul Desmond Quartet (1957)
4▶CD: First Place Again (1960) (1-7) / Jazz Interwoven (1955) (8-10)
5▼CD: Desmond Blue (1962) (1-9) / Two of a Mind (1962) (10-15)
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1My Funny Valentine
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-09-14)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-09-14)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-09-14)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1961-09-14)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-09-14)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (in 1962)
harp:
Gene Bianco (on 1961-09-14)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-09-14)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-14)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-14)
live instrumental recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1961-09-14)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Paul Desmond With Strings3:52
2Desmond Blue
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-10-02)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-10-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-10-02)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-10-02)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-10-02)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-10-02)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-10-02)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
Paul Desmond With Strings3:40
3Then I'll Be Tired of You
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-10-02)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-10-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-10-02)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-10-02)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-10-02)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-10-02)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
instrumental recording of:
Then I’ll Be Tired of You (on 1961-10-02)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
Paul Desmond With Strings4:06
4I've Got You Under My Skin
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-10-02)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-10-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-10-02)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-10-02)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-10-02)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-10-02)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-10-02)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (in 1962)
instrumental recording of:
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (on 1961-10-02)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Victoria Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
part of:
Born to Dance
Paul Desmond With Strings4:33
5Late Lament
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-09-28)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-09-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-09-28)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-09-28)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-09-28)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-09-28)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-09-28)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
recording of:
Late Lament (on 1961-09-28)
composer:
Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond With Strings4:09
6I Should Care
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-09-28)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-09-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-09-28)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-09-28)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-09-28)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-09-28)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-09-28)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Should Care (on 1961-09-28)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Paul Desmond With Strings3:53
7Like Someone in Love
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-09-28)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-09-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-09-28)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-09-28)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-09-28)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-09-28)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-09-28)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-09-28)
instrumental cover recording of:
Like Someone in Love (on 1961-09-28)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Chappell Morris Ltd., Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Paul Desmond With Strings4:12
8Ill Wind
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-10-02)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer) (on 1961-10-02)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-10-02)
French horn:
Al Richmond (on 1961-10-02)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1961-10-02)
harp:
Gloria Agostini (Harp) (on 1961-10-02)
saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1961-10-02)
conductor:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
arranger:
Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) (on 1961-10-02)
instrumental recording of:
Ill Wind (on 1961-10-02)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
Paul Desmond With Strings3:51
9Body and Soul
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1961-10-02)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Paul Desmond With Strings4:57
10All the Things You Are
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer), Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) and Bob Prince (Robert Graham Prince; Jazz composer, arranger, conductor, producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-07-03)
double bass [bass]:
Wendell Marshall (on 1962-07-03)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-07-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-03)
instrumental cover recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1962-07-03)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan5:50
11Stardust
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer), Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) and Bob Prince (Robert Graham Prince; Jazz composer, arranger, conductor, producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-07-03)
double bass [bass]:
Wendell Marshall (on 1962-02-08)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-07-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-03)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1962-07-03)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan8:22
12Two of a Mind
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan5:59
13Blight of the Fumble Bee
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-26)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-06-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-26)
recording of:
Blight of the Fumble Bee
composer:
Gerry Mulligan
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:00
14The Way You Look Tonight
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer), Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer) and Bob Prince (Robert Graham Prince; Jazz composer, arranger, conductor, producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-26)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-06-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1962-06-26)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 winner)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:21
15Out of Nowhere
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan6:29
6▶CD: Dave Brubeck Octet (1956)
7▶CD: Jazz at Oberlin (1953) (1-5) / Jazz at the Blackhawk (1956) (6-13)
8▶CD: Jazz Goes to College (1954)
9▶CD: Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)
10▶CD: Tonight Only! (1961)