Career
Desmond began recording on her own in the ‘80s, releasing four albums over the years prior to her death, each on a different label – RSVP (Concord Jazz), Tailor Made (Jazz Alliance), Make Maine Rainbows (Koch Jazz), and finally, My One and Only (1998, Justin Time). All four albums are represented in a compilation released by Justin Time in 2005: A Dream Come True: The Best of Trudy Desmond. Trudy Desmond performed in concert with the Don Thompson Quartet (Editor Bickert on guitar, bassist Paul Novotny, and drummer John Sumner) during the “Sound of Toronto Jazz” Series at the Ontario Science Centre on January 23, 1989.
She is listed as one of the singers on the group"s first album, Sun Goes By (1972, AGEK-2550).
