Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

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A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Paul Desmond References

The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.

Reference Title	Date Sort descending
A&M Pacts Paul Desmond. Cash Box, 34.	1968-8-10
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/Autumn Leaves (1050) review. Cash Box, 24.	1968-4-5
Paul Desmond Joins A&M. Record World, 109.	1968-8-17
Dave Brubeck: "Half-Genius, Half-Square" and Impossible to Pigeonhole. M. McPartland. HiFi/Mus Am, 19:120.	1969-1
Summertime (SP 3015) review. Cash Box, 52.	1969-3-8
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1050) review. Cash Box, 24.	1969-4-5
Lady In Cement (1075) review. Cash Box, 48.	1969-6-28
Desmond On Desmond. B. Korall. Sat R, 52:102-3.	1969-9-13
Record Reviews. C. Albertson et al. Down Beat, 36:18-19.	1969-11-27
From the Hot Afternoon (SP 3024) review. Record World, 124.	1969-12-6
From the Hot Afternoon (SP 3024) review. Cash Box, 42.	1969-12-20
Record Reviews: From the Hot Afternoon. Jazz J, 23:26.	1970-5
The Face Behind the Performer. G. Lees. Hi Fi/Mus Am, 20:108.	1970-8
Bridge Over Troubled Water (SP 3032) Review. Billboard, 35.	1970-11-7
Bridge Over Troubled Water (SP 3032) Review. Record World, 39.	1970-11-7
Record Reviews: Bridge Over Troubled Water. D. Ramsey. Down Beat, 37:26.	1970-12-24
El Condor Pasa/Bridge Over Troubled Water (1247) review. Record World, 14.	1971-2-27
Record Reviews: Bridge Over Troubled Water. M. Shera. Jazz J, 24:36.	1971-3
Caught In the Act. D. Ramsey. Down Beat, 39:26.	1972-3-2
Caught In the Act. D. Ramsey. Down Beat, 39:31-3.	1972-5-11
Quartet Rejoins Brubeck. J. Melanson. Billboard, 88:38-9.	1976-2-14
Jazz Albums: 1975: the Duets. Melody Maker, 51:31.	1976-2-21
Concert Reviews. Variety, 282:64.	1976-2-25
Record Reviews: 1975: the Duets. Down Beat, 43:20.	1976-2-26
Caught In the Act. Melody Maker, 51:26.	1976-3-6
A Quarter of a Century Young: the Dave Brubeck Quartet. A. J. Smith. Down Beat, 43:18-20.	1976-3-25
Records: Brubeck and Desmond 1975 the Duets. Creem, 7:62.	1976-3
Heard and Seen. Coda, 148:30-31.	1976-6
Record Reviews: the Paul Desmond Quartet Live. Down Beat, 43:22.	1976-10-7
Desmond & His Alto Come Out Roaring. Eliot Tiegel. Billboard, 80:44.	1976-10-9
Talent In Action. Marv Fisher. Billboard, 88:35.	1976-10-16
Record Reviews: Quartet Live. Jazz J, 29:31-2.	1976-10