An alto saxophone tone as dry and bright as a martini with the sun shining through it. I have been listening to this disc over and over and over. My knowledge of Desmond is admitted limited. Sure he ...

Paul Desmond, an alto saxophonist, once said he tried to sound like a dry martini. He succeeded in that. Many people know jazz pianist Dave Brubeck‘s work, especially the famous 1959 Columbia session, ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Well, there you have the saxophone sound that, according to President Clinton, inspired him to take up the saxophone. That's Paul Desmond's alto sax, playing ...

Even today, 45 years after it first became famous, Paul Desmond's best-known composition, "Take Five," remains fresh and alive. It began as a rehearsal riff over an unusual 5/4 rhythm and quickly ...

Dave Brubeck and Ahmad Jamal are two famous pianists. Aside from stylistic differences, the main distinction that separates them is that Brubeck had an alto sax player named Paul Desmond, who imbued ...

You may not know Paul Desmond's name, but you've almost certainly heard his music. He wrote "Take Five," a sinuous minor-key tune in the once-exotic time signature of 5/4 (marches are in 2/4, waltzes ...

The friendship between Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond produced some of the most popular music in the jazz canon and it's clearly still dear to Brubeck's oldest son, Darius, who sat in the audience as ...

I'm Old Fashioned; Skylark; Take Ten; Stardust; When Joanna Loved Me; Desmond Blue; Taste Of Honey; Bossa Antigua; The Night Has A Thousand Eyes; Alianca; El Condor Pasa; Samba With Some Barbeque ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Well, there you have the saxophone sound that, according to President Clinton, inspired him to take up the saxophone. That's Paul Desmond's alto sax, playing ...