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A Musical Portrait

A Musical Portrait  - VCR

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A Musical Portrait  - Laser Disc Laser Disc

Label: BBC Productions
Year: 1976
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: No

Tracks

Take Five
Balcony Rock
Three to Get Ready
Unsquare Dance
Brandenburg Gate and others.

Summary:

Focuses on the performances of the Dave Brubeck Quartet on a 25-city tour commemorating their silver jubilee. Includes interviews with Dave Brubeck and his colleagues in which his life and work are discussed.

Notes

1. 1976 BBC (UK) Production.

2. VCR releases:

BBC Television (GB), "A Musical Portrait".

Pony Video (Japan), "A Musical Portrait".

3. Laser Disc:

Pony Video (Japan), "A Musical Portrait".

4. This has never been released on DVD.

5. Notes on BBC VCR

Jazz - for many music-lovers the mere mention of the word conjures up the name Brubeck. This 'videography' gives a penetrating insight into Dave Brubeck's personality as well as a reflection of the full range of his music.

Featured on this videogram is the '76 Silver Jubilee concert that his celebrated quartet together with Brubeck’s sons, gave at Symphony Hall, Boston. It was one of the last appearances that saxophonist Paul Desmond made before his death the following year. Desmond's sax solo was the key-note performance in the classic Take Five, one of many highlights from' a partnership lasting nearly thirty years.

From his beautiful Connecticut home, Dave Brubeck talks about his life in music and the crucial links between the classical music he grew up with, and the jazz style on which he has made such an indelible impression.

Included in this BBC Videobook are full versions of many of the most famous numbers associated with Dave Brubeck: Take Five, Balcony Rock, Three to Get Ready. Unsquare Dance, Brandenburg Gate, and others.


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