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Desmond: Here I AM

Desmond: Here I AM is a jazz compilation album issued by the Fresh Sound label in 2015. It contains the first two record releases of alto saxophonist Paul Desmond as a leader: Paul Desmond Quintet with The Bill Bates Singers, a 10-inch vinyl record from 1954, and Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott, a 12-inch from 1956, both originally released on the label Fantasy Records.

Track listing
Jeruvian (van Kriedt) 3:35 • Baroque [Choral Prelude] (van Kriedt) 1:43 • But Happy [Fugue IV] (van Kriedt) 3:03 • Misty Window (van Kriedt) 3:21 • Warm Cradle (van Kriedt) 2:49 • A Garden in the Rain (Dyrenforth-Gibbons) 2:48 • Soon (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:18 • Winky (Bill Bates) 2:56 • Will I Know (Jack Weeks) 2:52 • Jazzabelle (Desmond) 6:32 • A Watchmans Carroll (Elliott) 3:04 • Everything Happens to Me (Adair-Dennis) 5:16 • ''Let's Get Away from It All'' (Adair-Dennis) 4:09 • Look for the Silver Lining (Kern-DeSylva) 4:44 • Sacre Blues (Desmond) 6:05 • You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) 5:43 • Line for Lyons (Mulligan) 5:26 ==Personnel on tracks==
Personnel on tracks
• 1–5: Paul Desmond Quintet – Dick Collins, trumpet; Paul Desmond, alto sax; Dave van Kriedt, tenor sax; Bob Bates, bass; Joe Dodge, drums. Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, October 1954. • 6–9: Paul Desmond Quintet with The Bill Bates Singers. Paul Desmond, alto sax; Barney Kessel, guitar (except on #9); Jack Weeks, trombone (only on #9); Bob Bates, bass; Joe Dodge, drums. The Bill Bates Singers: Sue Allen, Bill Brown, Loulie Jean Norman, Bernie Parke, Bill Thompson, Gloria Wood, vocals. Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, October/November 1954. • 10–17: The Paul Desmond Quartet Featuring Don Elliott. Don Elliott, mellophone (trumpet on #13); Paul Desmond, alto sax; Norman Bates, bass; Joe Chevrolet [aka Joe Dodge], drums. Recorded in San Francisco, February 14, 1956. ==Notes==
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