Totally agree. 100%

He reminds me of swing-era players in that regard, especially the more melodic horn players like Lester Young. He could play bop lines, but I think he preferred to play things that had a more vocal quality, things you could almost sing without tripping over your tongue. That said, there are plenty of gifted jazz guitar soloists, and plenty of horn and piano players who just play licks and patterns.

He worked miracles with his plain old solidbody, but back in the late 1950s and the 1960s, he did play hollow-body "jazz" guitars. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, his work as a studio guitarist led him to using the Telecaster, and he never went back. He switched out the single-coil neck pickup for a humbucker in 1978 (according to his guitar repair guy in Toronto, who did the work). So "Pure Desmond", the album that put him on the map, outside of Canada, was recorded with a stock Telecaster neck pickup. Goes to show the sound really was all in his hands, as most casual listeners wouldn't be able to tell his sound apart from before and after the humbucker swap.

He's on 5 of her albums, and each one has a pair of vocal/guitar duets. Those 10 duet tracks are wonderful, and would make a nice album by themselves. He's also laying down great rhythm guitar and solos on the band tracks of course.

Take it for sure my man... Ed inspired him most than ever in his life!!!! Both were amazing at that time

I totally agree this was Desmond's best❤