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Re: Paul Desmond

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2019-06-08 16:59

The breathy quality of some of Desmond's improvisations is more of an incidental occurrence than an essential part of his style. Tony Scott in his earlier years often got a very breathy quality but seldom came close to the intricate, geometrical patterns typical of Desmond's melodic development. Eddie Daniels can be very breathy but seldom achieves the unity of understated but compelling motive development one can take for granted in Desmond's playing--the minute attention to design and fine detailing. Jon Delucia explores some of the ways Desmond was able to spin out such patterns in a series of articles and a practice book he has written.

See https://www.jondelucia.com/bach-intervallic-sequences-paul-desmond.

https://www.jondelucia.com/bach-intervallic-sequences-paul-desmond-part-2

https://www.jondelucia.com/bach-intervallic-sequences-paul-desmond-part-3.

Sorry about the security warnings on these websites. You can also reach
them by googling jon delucia bach intervalic sequence and paul desmond.

Artie Shaw in his solos on Stardust, and Where or When, for example, reaches lyrical heights of melodic development seldom equaled by other jazz players but he does it sans the breathy quality. What he does with the melodic line seems to me to be closer to what a Desmond-inspired clarinetist might aspire to--with or without the added breathiness.

Post Edited (2019-06-08 18:31)

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