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Dave Brubeck: Greatest Hits

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Artist: Dave Brubeck
Title: Greatest Hits
Released: 1966
Label: Columbia Records
Time: 43:59
Producer(s): Teo Macero, Nedra Olds-Neal
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Category: Jazz
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.03.06
Price in €: 1,00
Web address: dave-brubeck.com

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[1] Take Five (Desmond) - 5:24
[2] I'm in a Dancing Mood (Goodhart/Hoffman/Sigler) - 2:59
[3] In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) - 4:58
[4] Camptown Races (Foster) - 1:57
[5] Duke (Brubeck) - 6:30
[6] It's a Raggy Waltz (Brubeck) - 5:12
[7] Bossa Nova U.S.A. (Brubeck) - 2:23
[8] Trolley Song (Blane/Martin) - 3:03
[9] Unsquare Dance (Brubeck) - 2:00
[10] Blue Rondo À la Turk (Brubeck) - 6:44
[11] Theme from Mr. Broadway (Brubeck) - 2:27

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Dave Brubeck - Piano
Paul Desmond - Alto Saxophone
Joe Morello - Drums
Eugene Wright - Bass

Mark Wilder - Digital Mastering
George T. Simon - Liner Notes
Seth Rothstein - Director
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Rene Arsenault - Production Coordination
Rob Schwarz - Digital Mastering


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1966 LP Columbia PCT-298
1990 CS Fantasy 4528
1991 CS Columbia PCT-298
1997 CD Sony 65417
1997 CS Sony 65417

Recorded between April 18, 1956 and July 15, 1964. Includes liner notes by George T. Simon. Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder and Rob Schwarz (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).



While Greatest Hits albums from jazz artists are sometimes dubious propositions, Dave Brubeck is the rare exception to the rule. Brubeck concentrated on the song as much as the performance, which is one of the reasons why he appealed to such a wide audience and it's also the reason why Greatest Hits is such an entertaining and effective sampler. Featuring such familiar items as "Take Five," "In Your Own Sweet Way," "The Duke," "Trolley Song," "Unsquare Dance" and "Blue Rondo à la Turk," the collection provides a fine introduction to Brubeck's collegiate jazz for the uninitiated. Time Out remains the best place to start a Brubeck appreciation, but this is an excellent single-disc sampler.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide



While greatest-hits CDs abound, Dave Brubeck has been one of the few modern-jazz musicians to have actually enjoyed an occasional hit record. This CD compiles material from Brubeck's Columbia recordings of the 1950s and 1960s, revealing his deft combination of modernist harmony and unusual time signatures with the immediately accessible. Whether it's his own fine song "In Your Own Sweet Way" or Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," his homage to Duke Ellington or the Mozart-inspired "Blue Rondo," Brubeck balances his taste for innovation with traditional melodic values. The quartet with altoist Paul Desmond was Brubeck's finest instrument. Desmond's gauzy sound and fluent improvisations provided effective contrast to Brubeck's own assertive, slightly stiff piano playing, and drummer Joe Morello smoothed out the most challenging rhythms. Desmond's "Take Five" has become a jazz standard, and this once-controversial music now conveys a special period charm.

Stuart Broomer - Amazon.com

 

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