Track Listings (9) - Disc #1| All Artists: Dave Brubeck Title: Double Live From the Usa & UK Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Telarc Release Date: 2/27/2001 Album Type: Live Genres: Jazz, Pop Style: Cool Jazz Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 089408340024 |
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Dave Brubeck, a perennial American favorite throughout his multidecade jazz career, is hard not to like, though, Lord knows, some critics have tried. Like Abraham Lincoln, Brubeck is absolutely original--indefatigable, mod... more » |
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Amazon.com Dave Brubeck, a perennial American favorite throughout his multidecade jazz career, is hard not to like, though, Lord knows, some critics have tried. Like Abraham Lincoln, Brubeck is absolutely original--indefatigable, modest, often brilliant, and dryly witty. He's also durable as an oak and upright as a sequoia. Dave's slightly wooden lock-hand style may raise critics' hackles, but that doesn't chip a toothpick from his popularity. His fun-loving humor and delightful persona--occasionally masked in pomp on past recordings--come over in spades on this generous two-CD set, nowhere more so than on rousing both-sides-of the-Atlantic reinventions of "Take Five," altoist Paul Desmond's inescapable 5/4 theme. Hear Brubeck rollick in his wonted abandon on "Broadway Bossa Nova" and "Margie." He's even smoothed out some of his rough riding by harking back to dapper stride and ragtime styles. Brubeck cultivates long-standing bands: you can count his quartet's saxophonists since 1948 on a few fingers. Fellow romantic Bobby Militello, a searing altoist of the Phil Woods school, had been with Brubeck for more than a decade when this set was recorded, and bassist Jack Six much longer than that. The band's evident comfort factor is no impediment to playing convincing swing. Beautifully paced sets feature oldies and newies (such as the charming ballad "The Things You Never Remember" and "Marian McPartland," the sturdy tribute to his octogenarian compatriot), many with Dave's pensive, classically oriented piano introductions ("Body and Soul" and "Don't Worry 'Bout Me"). Having built a distinguished career on European (Darius Milhaud) and American (Duke Ellington, the stride masters) traditions, Brubeck always seems to continue building on his own. --Fred Bouchard Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGreat! Brubeck continues to make terrific music. Gregory M. Lucas | Medford, MA USA | 03/02/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) "I recently saw this latest Brubeck quartet in concert, and the music on these two discs captures that live experience perfectly. Dave, having recently turned 80, is still in top form. The rest of the quartet is equally impressive -- particularly Bobby Militello on sax. He conjures up Paul Desmond with a lyrical, delicate tone one minute and rips in to some blazingly fast, Coltrane-influenced solos the next. Highly recommended." Another fantastic Dave Brubeck Recording! Clay Collins | Dayton, Ohio | 02/28/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "This Double Live CD is just like being at these separate concerts in person! You get the high impact of all the tunes, whether the tempo is fast, slow or medium. I reviewed this CD on my radio"Jazztistically Speaking" WCSU-FM 88.9 in Wilberforce/Dayton,Ohio. It is fantastic. All you have to do is play it in your home unit and enjoy every track! You collectors, don't say I have"Take Five" already;I have twelve different versions of "Take Five", all are great, and none are the same as the other. That's why Jazz works with improvising. "Take the A Train", with Brubeck's recordings, goes back to the 50's also with many versions. Marion McPartland, a tribute to a great lady pianist, of which I have here recordings starting in the 50's. Plus all of the standards on here are Brubeck's special great tunes. Buy it and enjoy!" Dave Brubeck and company are better than ever. Stanley C. Pierce | Carver, Massachusetts | 02/14/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "This double CD swings from one end to the other! This is without question my all time favorite Dave Brubeck CD.I've been a Brubeck fan since around 1952. Followed him faithfully, always enjoying his piano playing, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, et al. After some years I sort of lost contact until last summer (2001) when I discovered he was celebrating his 80th birthday at a jazz festival in Connecticut.What a treat to know that Dave is better then ever and Bobby Militello is an unbelievable alto sax player. It was so thrilling to know that I could still hear these amazingly talented musicians live and on new CDs. Shortly after the concert, I started buying the newer CDs and they are all great.This one, however, has turned me on and I have never stopped listening to it. It is in the car CD player and I take it to the fitness center to play when walking the treadmill. How satisfying it is to know that Dave Brubeck is probably playing the best music ever at 80 years old. And where did he find Bobby Militello- there is no one else like him on alto sax.The CD has a number of older tunes that have been standards for many years. The really swingy ones excite me- Cherokee, Sunny Side of the Street, Margie, Exactly Like You really swing. Everyone joins in at one time or another- and between Dave and Bobby Militello on sax- who said Brubeck doesn't swing? I could listen to these numbers for hours. They are so good that I tend to walk longer on the treadmill than I planned because listening to them is so enjoyable.And not to in any way be forgetting the other numbers- Body and Soul has always been a beautiful standard since I was a kid and it is beautifully done. Two versions of Take Five make one realize how much this time has become part of what we are used to. Take the A Train- always a favorite. And another half dozen songs whose titles don't mean a lot to me but where the music is tremendous.If I could only have one Dave Brubeck CD, this would be it for me. I can't wait for more like this one."
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