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Dave Brubeck, Leonard Bernstein, Dialogue for Jazz Combo & Orchestra
Label: Ozone
Year: 1956
Released on LP: Yes
Released on CD: No
Tracks
1. Dialogues For Jazz Combo And Orchestra
• Allegro
• Andante - Ballad
• Adagio - Ballad
• Allegro - Blues
2. Two-Part Contention
3. One Moment Worth Years
Personnel
Paul Desmond (alto sax)Dave Brubeck (piano)
Norman Bates (bass)
Joe Morello (drums)
Eugene Wright (bass)
New York Philharmonic (orchestra)
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Notes
Never released on CD and very difficult to find.
Tracks 2 and 3 were recorded on 25th August 1956, in New York City, NY.
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Norman Bates
Joe Morello
Track 1 was a radio broadcast from Carnegie Hall, New York City, on 12th December 1959.
Dave Brubeck
Paul Desmond
Joe Morello
Eugene Wright
The New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Track 1 is incorrectly listed, as "Musical Montage".
Reviews
All Music Guide – copyright
It is surprising that Dave Brubeck has not turned up on more bootleg albums, such as this Ozone LP. The first side is devoted to Howard Brubeck's "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra," though it is incorrectly listed as "Musical Montage." This four-movement extended work features the Dave Brubeck Quartet (with Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, and Joe Morello) accompanied by Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic. The most enduring of the four movements is the second, the very pretty "Andante-Ballad," though it became better known as "Theme for June," a piece revisited by the pianist on a number of occasions. This version is different than the one released by Columbia because it is live, so it may be one of the three December 1959 Carnegie Hall concerts mentioned in the liner notes to the studio recording issued.
The remaining two tracks, both of which would later be incorporated into The Real Ambassadors, features Brubeck and Desmond with bassist Norm Bates and drummer Joe Dodge performing live in 1956, with the source being an aircheck of a broadcast from an unidentified New York nightclub. An extended workout of Brubeck's intricate "Two Part-Contention" enables the composer and Desmond to show off their ability to put together elaborate improvisations utilizing counterpoint, while never failing to swing. The cheerful ballad "One Moment Worth Years" is a brisk jazz-waltz which focuses mostly on the composer, though Desmond has a brief solo. The sound of these performances is only average, particularly on the quartet tracks, but serious Brubeck aficionados will want to look for this still-obtainable bootleg LP.
Ken Dryden
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