Paul Desmond | The Complete Albums Collection: 1953 – 1963 (4cd) | 4CD

Paul Desmond was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, born in San Francisco in 1924. He composed "Take Five" for the Dave Brubeck Quartet, with which he played from 1951 until 1967, and also collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Jim Hall, Chet Baker and Ed Bickert. He died in New York City in 1977.

The Complete Albums Collection 1953-1963 is a four disc jazz compilation on Enlightenment, released in June 2018. The total running time is 324 minutes across the four discs.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Over The Rainbow
2. You Go To My Head
3. Give A Little Whistle
4. Lady Be Good
5. Tea For Two
6. At A Perfume Counter
7. Stardust
8. Crazy Chris
9. A Garden In The Rain
10. Soon
11. Winky
12. Will I Know
13. Jeruvian
14. Baroque
15. But Happy
16. Misty Window
17. Warm Cradle

Disc 2

1. Jazzabelle
2. A Watchman's Carroll
3. Everything Happens To Me
4. Let's Get Away From It All
5. Look For The Silver Lining
6. Sacre Blues
7. You Go To My Head
8. Line For Lyons
9. Blues In Time
10. Body And Soul
11. Standstill
12. Line For Lyons
13. Wintersong
14. Battle Hymn Of The Republican
15. Fall Out

Disc 3

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You
2. For All We Know
3. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West
4. Greensleeves
5. You Go To My Head
6. East Of The Sun
7. Time After Time
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Desmond Blue
10. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
11. I've Got You Under My Skin
12. Late Lament
13. I Should Care
14. Like Someone In Love
15. Ill Wind
16. Body And Soul

Disc 4

1. All The Things You Are
2. Stardust
3. Two Of A Mind
4. Blight Of The Fumble Bee
5. The Way You Look Tonight
6. Out Of Nowhere
7. Take Ten
8. El Prince
9. Alone Together
10. Embarcadero
11. The Theme From "Black Orpheus"
12. Nancy
13. Sambra De Orfeo
14. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else