Dave Brubeck, Jazz Collection

Label: Columbia Legacy
Year: 1995
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: Yes

Tracks

1.Le Souk
2.Stompin' for Mili
3.In Your Own Sweet Way
4.History of a Boy Scout (We Crossed the Rhine)
5.Home at Last
6.Someday My Prince Will Come
7.Tangerine
8.The Golden Horn
9.Georgia on My Mind
10.Three to Get Ready
11.Blue Rondo a la Turk
12.Take Five
13.The Darktown Strutters' Ball
14.There'll Be Some Changes Made
15.Somewhere
16.Weep No More
17.Unsquare Dance
18.Summer Song
19.Non-Sectarian Blues
20.Bossa Nova U.S.A.
21.It's a Raggy Waltz
22.The World's Fair
23.Fujiyama
24.Upstage Rumba
25.My Favorite Things
26.La Paloma Azul (The Blue Dove)
27.Recuerdo
28.St. Louis Blues

Notes

Double CD release.

20 page booklet with liner notes by Doug Ramsey.

Performers:

Dave Brubeck
Salvatore Agueros
Louis Armstrong
Bob Bates
Norman Bates
Joe Benjamin
Howard Brubeck
Benjamin Corea
Alan Dawson
Paul Desmond
Joe Dodge
Billy Kyle
Carmen McRae
Charles Mingus
Joe Morello
Gerry Mulligan
Jimmy Rushing
Jack Six
Eugene Wright

Reviews

All Music Guide – CD - Review – copyright

This two-CD set gives one a fine overview of the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their years on Columbia. All of the 28 selections are available elsewhere so longtime collectors will want to skip this reissue, but those listeners just beginning to discover Brubeck's special music may want to acquire this set for a start. The main "hits" ("Take Five," "Blue Rondo A La Turk," etc.) are here but, even with guest appearances by Carmen McRae, Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus and Jimmy Rushing (along with two later selections that have baritonist Gerry Mulligan in altoist Paul Desmond's place), the emphasis is very much on the classic Quartet.

Scott Yanow

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