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Paul Desmond
real name Paul Emil Breitenfeld
San Francisco, United States · 1924-11-25 – 1977-05-30
Paul Desmond is credited on 4,815 releases across 746 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,815
Credits
746
Albums
8
Decades active
549
In collections
Biography
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American jazz alto saxophonist and composer (Composed "Take Five" for the Dave Brubeck Quartet).
Born November 25, 1924 in San Francisco, California, died May 30, 1977 in New York City, New York.
Played with the Dave Brubeck Quartet from 1951 until 1967. Also collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall, Chet Baker, Ed Bickert.
He changed his birth name because he felt it wasn't suited for the name of a musician. He died in 1977 of lung cancer.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
4,815 releases · 746 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 6,255
- Other credits · 141
- Production · 3
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Carnegie Hall · Basin Street Night Club
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Time Out
1959
Time Further Out (Miro Reflections)
1961
Jazz Impressions Of Japan
1964
Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits
1966
Jazz Goes To College
1954
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
2006
At Carnegie Hall
1963
Gone With The Wind
1959
Concierto
1975
Time In
1966
Time Changes
1964
Countdown: Time In Outer Space
1962
Heart Of Stone
1989
Watermark
1978
Jazz: Red Hot And Cool
1955
Jazz At Oberlin
1953
Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia
1958
At Newport
1956
Brubeck Time
1955
Look To The Rainbow
1977
Jazz Impressions Of New York
1965
A Taste Of Honey
1962
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
Dave Digs Disney
1958
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