Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. Paul desmond alone together originally featured on the album take ten and subsequently rereleased as part of the paul desmond quartet with jim hall box set, closer inspection of this apparently simplistic alto solo reveals ingenious use of harmony, melody and rhythm as hip and relevant today, as when committed to record in 1963. Desmonds approach was less cerebral than that of konitz. Paul desmond by paul desmond softcover audio online. The public and private lives of paul desmond read online. Take ten sheet music composed by paul desmond 1 of 1 pages. Paul desmond born paul emil breitenfeld, november 25, 1924 may 30, 1977 was an american jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the dave brubeck quartet and for composing that groups biggest hit, take five. Examine the sophisticated sounds of a jazz sax legend with this instructional bookaudio pack that explores 12 desmond classics.
While charlie parkers mark could be found on virtually every post1950 jazz alto saxophonist, paul desmond built on the influence of fellow kingofcool lee konitz to become a school unto himself. Paul desmond take ten high definition tape transfers. Take ten sheet music paul desmond real book melody. Buy paul desmonds album titled take ten to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to. Paul desmond is widely recognized for his genius as a melodic improviser and as the benchmark of cool jazz sax players. Balcony rock bossa antigua late lament take five take ten and more. Gene chericos upright bass eugene wright on take ten and connie kays drums just drive the whole thing along unobtrusively.
Take ten is an album recorded by american jazz saxophonist paul desmond featuring performances recorded in 1963 which were released on the rca victor. He was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the cool jazz scene in addition to his work with brubeck, he led several groups and collaborated. Hence take ten, a worthy sequel with a solo that has a middleeastern feeling akin to desmonds famous extemporaneous excursion with brubeck in le souk back in 1954. He wrote, take ten is another excursion into 54 or 108, whichever you prefer. Take ten is an album recorded by american jazz saxophonist paul desmond featuring performances recorded in 1963 which were released on the. Two of a mind 1962 take ten 1963 bossa antigua 1964 take ten is an album recorded by american jazz saxophonist paul desmond featuring performances recorded in 1963 which were released on the rca victor label. His warm, elegant tone was one that he admittedly tried to make sound like a dry martini. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Desmond was born paul emil breitenfeld in san francisco, california on 25th november 1924. Buy take ten online at low prices in india amazon music. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Paul desmond alto saxophone, robert doty woodwinds, gene bianco harp, gene cherico bass, connie kay drums, george marge woodwinds, jim hall guitar, albert richman french horn, eugene wright bass, bob prince, gloria agostini harp, milt hinton bass, robert thomas drums.
Take ten article by doug ramsey, published on december 3, 2008 at all about jazz. The first of the quartet collections was take ten, with a title tune that desmond hoped would duplicate the success of take five. Take ten is an album recorded by american jazz saxophonist paul desmond featuring performances recorded in 1963 which were released on the rca victor label. Also collaborated with gerry mulligan, jim hall, chet baker, ed bickert. Paul desmond take ten full album video dailymotion. Take ten was desmonds followup composition to take five, for the brubeck quartet a hit record and for paul a dependable annuity that is still producing considerable income for his estate. Now listeners enter the heart of the paul desmond jim hall sessions, a great quartet date with gene cherico manning the bass gene wright deputizes on the title track and mjq drummer connie kay displaying other sides of his personality. Played with the dave brubeck quartet from 1951 until 1967. Take ten alto sax sheet music for piano, alto saxophone, tenor.
No, not take five but take ten is the title of this lp and its very first number. The quintessential cool jazz saxophonist, an alto with a shimmering sound and light, airy playing who became best known for composing take five. Paul desmond was an american jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the dave brubeck quartet and for composing that groups biggest hit, take five. Alto saxophone paul desmond bass gene wright, gene cherico drums connie kay guitar jim hall supervised by paul gayten recording info. When paul desmond wanted to create a sequel to the touchstone jazz number take five, he did just that with the appropriately titled take ten. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the dave brubeck quartet. Alone together any other time bossa antigua east of the sun and west of the moon ive got you under my skin jazzabelle look for the silver lining sacre blues take five take ten. Out of nowhere, pauls desmonds eb solo transcription. Connie kay drums, eugene wright bass, jim hall guitar, gene cherico bass, paul desmond alto saxophone, george duvivier bass. Certainly this should not be taken as a hint that it was not dave brubeck but paul desmond who. Like konitzs, desmonds style is deceptively light and airy, more akin to the sheer tone of lester young than the fires of parker. Stream take ten by paul desmond and 50 million songs with amazon music. Listen free to paul desmond take ten radio iheartradio.
All music, lyrics, videos and photos, remain of their respective owners. Everyone wanted desmond to come up with a sequel to the monster hit take five. Paul desmondtake ten180 gram vinyl recordacoustic sounds. Choose from paul desmond sheet music for such popular songs as take five alto saxophone, take five, and take five bb instrument. Essentially, this is paul desmond on a break from the dave brubeck quartet, noodling around wonderfully on alto sax, with jim halls simple and effective jazz guitar accompaniment. The paul desmond collection alto sax by paul desmond. Take ten was recorded in 1963, with a small crew of sympatico musicians, including one of the finest mainstream jazz guitarists. Transcribed by carles margarit if youd like to support me you can do so at this link. Alac downloads alac 176khz24bit download alac 192khz24bit download alac 44khz24bit download dsd downloads dsd double rate 5.
Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Dave brubeck quartet with paul desmond nyc carnegie hall feb 22 1963 08 take five. He and art pepper were virtually the only alto players. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Paul desmond was revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. Transferred from a 2track 15ips tape engineer ray hall recorded by rca records at webster hall, nyc, june 5.