Dave Brubeck Ballads

Label: Columbia Legacy
Year: 2001
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: Yes

Tracks

1. Nostalgia De Mexico (Live)
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. Summer Song
4. Star Dust
5. Somewhere
6. In Your Own Sweet Way
7. Strange Meadowlark
8. Estrellita (Live)
9. La Paloma Azul (Live)
10. Weep No More
11. Little Man With A Candy Cigar
12. The Duke
13. Recuerdo (Live)
14. The World's Fair
15. Lost Waltz

Notes

Performers

Salvatore Agueros
Louis Armstrong
Dave Brubeck
Alan Dawson
Paul Desmond
Billy Kyle
Carmen McRae
Joe Morello
Gerry Mulligan
Jack Six
Bill Smith
Eugene Wright

Reviews

All Music Guide – CD - Review – copyright

For listeners interested in a mellow overview of much of what pianist Dave Brubeck is famous for, this is a nice compilation. Ballads: Music for You features various studio and live performances that pianist Dave Brubeck gave from the mid-'50s to the late '60s. Included are dates with longtime collaborator/saxophonist Paul Desmond and others. Since most Brubeck aficionados will probably have heard these tracks before -- as most, if not all of his catalog is available on CD -- this album appears rather superfluous for even die-hard completists. Nonetheless, it is an enjoyable and well-paced release.

Matt Collar

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