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They're wholly unalike...except when they're similar. which happened often enough for Desmond in the early/mid-50s to be noticeable. As time went on...well, no. Paul recorded for CTI, Konitz didn't. And so forth. Did either one of them go on record of what they thought about the other? Because Konitz was definitely "there first" in terms of general tonal color (general color, there's no mistaking the two, although some people with aural musical prejudice seem to insist that they sound "alike") and the whole Bach-based (that will be my assumption, anyway) rhythmic/harmonic impetus that drove the longer lines, yet Desmond had a noticably and totally different aesthetic about what "it" was going to end up "being". I don't know if Konitz quoted as much in one year as Desmond did in one solo. and, again, so forth. Two different men in almost every regard, yet, in the time I'm talking about, when both got "freed up" their lines flowed in very much the same way. The tipping point for me was listening to Desmond on "Pennies From Heaven" on Brubeck Time, just about as purely a "melodic" solo as can be played, and I found myself thinking that if Konitz was playing instead of Desmond, it could have potentially been pretty much the same solo coming out. Any thought, either by them or about them about this?