Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
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Title: Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
Author: Doug Ramsey, Foreword by Dave and Iola Brubeck
Published: February 2005, Parkside Publications, Inc.
Extensive biography of jazz saxophonist Paul Desmond, one of the major jazz figures of all time, written by noted jazz critic Doug Ramsey. Large format (10x11"), hard bound with dust jacket, 372 pages, 190 photos, matte paper; complete with discography of all Desmond recordings.
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Reviews
"... attractive combination of affection and candor... A serious, thoughtful book, as lucidly written as a first-class literary biography..."
- Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
"A major piece of jazz scholarship, the book cuts no corners."
- Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
"Every jazz musician should be lucky enough to get a biography as thoroughly researched and luxuriously produced."
- Paul deBarros, Seattle Times
"Rarely in the annals of jazz biography has a subject's career been documented so thoroughly... a monumental work."
- Downbeat Magazine, July, 2005
”...an invaluable addition to jazz literature. I knew Paul Desmond, but I found so much more I did not know.”
- Nat Hentoff, noted critic and jazz writer
”The detail of the research is astonishing. The writing is exquisite. I've never seen a biography like it.”
- Gene Lees, Editor of "The Jazz Letter"
”This is the finest biography we've had of an important jazz figure.”
- Dan Morgenstern (Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies)