Paul Desmond - Related WWW Links


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A series of interviews with Paul Desmond, conducted by British jazz journalist, Les Tomkins -- published at Jazz Professional.

Gilles Miton's transcriptions of Desmond solos in Acrobat (.pdf) format. Included are: "Here's That Rainy Day", "Embarcadero", "All the Things You Are", "Bossa Antigua", "El Prince", and others.

The Paul Desmond page at Down Beat.

An extensive interview at Jerry Jazz Musician with Doug Ramsey, following the publication of "Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond"

Doug Ramsey's rifftides blog from April 2011 outlining the financial legacy of "Take Five"

Dave Brubeck Biography - Schirmer Music

Traducción al español de los "Desmondismos" y de la entrevista de Paul Desmond con Charlie Parker, realizada por Fernando Ortiz de Urbina para Tomajazz

YouTube links:

Paul Desmond playing "Emily" at the Monterey Jazz Festival: 1975

 

CBC-TV: Take 30 host Mary Lou Findlay interviews Desmond, 1976

 

The DBQ, featuring Paul Desmond, playing "Take Five" on Jazz Casual, 1961.

 

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