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The John Basile Quartet

the desmond project


[JD156]

[1] Desmond Blue
[2] Line for Lyons
[3] You Go To My Head
[4] Darn That Dream
[5] For All We Know
[6] East of the Sun
[7] My Funny Valentine
[8] Wendy
[9] Alone Together
[10] Warm Valley
[11] In Your Own Sweet Way
[12] Take Five

John Basile - guitar
Payton Crossley - drums
David Finck - bass
Allen Mezquida - alto saxophone

In the early 1960s, when jazz was becoming angrier and more dissonant, Paul Desmond teamed with Jim Hall for a series of albums that helped calm things down.   They took mostly standards and turned them into cozy dialogues for sax and guitar, with the bass and brushes commenting discreetly.   Desmond's cool, feathery alto placed every note with with care; likewise, much of Hall's eliquence came in what he chose to leave out.   This was mid-night jazz, meant for that time when the rest of the world has gone to sleep and even the smallest sounds can be heard.
- James Gavin February 1997



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