Between 1959 and 1965, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and guitarist Jim Hall (both above) recorded six quartet albums together that are still among jazz's most elegant small-group recordings. These ...

Now the air, Paul Desmond - that airy ... and the song that would become the Quartet's biggest hit, Take Five, in 5/4 time. 'Joe Morello was playing and then improvising off of that beat backstage ...

SMITH: There's something about you and Paul Desmond ... SMITH: Yeah. Take the guys in your Quartet. If you were to kinda look at what Morello was doing, what Wright was doing, what Desmond was ...