“I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.”
About his distinctive light sound
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Пол Дезмонд , урождённый Пол Эмил Брейтенфельд — джазовый альт-саксофонист и композитор, родился в Сан-Франциско. Наиболее известен своей работой в квартете Дэйва Брубека. Автор популярной композиции квартета — «Take Five». Известный своим особым интеллектом, он был одним из самых популярных музыкантов кул-джаза.
Помимо работы с Брубеком, Пол возглавлял несколько собственных групп и был известен своими дуэтами с Джерри Маллиганом, Джимом Холлом и Четом Бейкером.
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“I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.”
About his distinctive light sound
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His response to the annoying banality of an interviewer
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“I could only write at the beach, and I kept getting sand in my typewriter.”
His reason for not pursuing a literary career
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“It's like living in a house where everything's painted red.”
On Ornette Coleman's playing
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“I tried practicing for a few weeks and ended up playing too fast.”
About the value of practice
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“I hate the way he writes. I kind of love the way he lives, though.”
On writer Jack Kerouac
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“Well, that I'm not playing better.”
When asked by Gene Lees what accounted for the melancholy in his playing
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