Bernstein plays Brubeck plays Bernstein

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Sony Classical release - What Is Jazz

CBS Sony Japan release

CD cover - Essential Jazz Classics ( includes Jazz Impressions Of Japan)

Plays Music From West Side Story - Columbia LP/CD cover

Amiga - Germany - LP cover

Label: Columbia
Year: 1960
Released on LP: Yes
Released on CD: Yes

Tracks

1.Dialogues for Jazz Combo andOrchestra: Allegro
2.Dialogues for Jazz Combo andOrchestra: Andante-Ballad
3.Dialogues for Jazz Combo andOrchestra: Adagio-Ballad
4.Dialogues for Jazz Combo andOrchestra: Allegro-Blues
5.Maria
6.I Feel Pretty
7.Somewhere
8.A Quiet Girl
9.Tonight

Personnel

Notes

1. Never released by Columbia as a separate complete CD.

2. Tracks 1 - 4 issued by Sony Classical on CD - “What Is Jazz - New York Philharmonic- Bernstein".

3. Tracks 5 - 9 issued by Columbia on the CD/LP - "The Dave Brubeck Quartet- Music From West Side Story".

4. Included in the Columbia Legacy release in 2011 – “The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955 - 1966” - 19 albums packaged in a replica mini-LP sleeve.

5. In this work an attempt is made to construct a score giving the orchestra an important part to play which adheres strictly to written notes, while the particular combination, or “combo,” of jazz instruments, is free to improvise on the material of the movement…” - Howard Brubeck (Original LP liner notes).

5. Complete album released on CD by "Essential Jazz Classics" packaged with “Jazz Impressions of Japan".

6. Released in Japan on LP - Sony CBS - SONC 10137

Reviews

All Music Guide – CD - Review – copyright

For this historic LP, the Dave Brubeck Quartet met with The New York Philhamonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein for a program subtitled "Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein." Together they perform Howard Brubeck's sidelong "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra" along with five Bernstein songs (including four from West Side Story). This is one of the more successful "Jazz Meets the Symphony" ventures and deserves to be reissued on CD.

Scott Yanow

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