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First Place Again
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<p><i>First Place Again</i> is the second album led by American jazz saxophonist <a href="/facts/Paul_Desmond/bSIDSQzL">Paul Desmond</a>. The album was recorded in September 1959 and released on the <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Records/w5sRGtNj">Warner Bros.</a> label. It was the first of five studio albums Desmond recorded with quartets that included guitarist <a href="/facts/Jim_Hall_(musician)/IEz64GDy">Jim Hall</a> and drummer <a href="/facts/Connie_Kay/tkRuFg8y">Connie Kay</a>. <a href="/facts/Percy_Heath/SAMz0Edf">Percy Heath</a>, who was Kay's bandmate from the <a href="/facts/Modern_Jazz_Quartet/0wTowXFL">Modern Jazz Quartet</a>, completed the quartet for this album. For most of August 1959, Hall, Heath, and Kay had been faculty members at the <a href="/facts/Lenox_School_of_Jazz/1Br1BdgJ">Lenox School of Jazz</a> music workshop. During that same month, Desmond finished recording <a href="/facts/Time_Out_(album)/Uu7m1Fpk">Time Out</a> with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. </p>