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For reasons that aren't clear, this is one of the more often overlooked albums in Dave Brubeck's Columbia Records catalog of the early '60s. It's certainly less well known than Stan Kenton's very different 1961 album of music from West Side Story, and also less unified, as it also reaches out to the score for Wonderful Town and back to 1930s Broadway. And none of that means that it isn't a lot of fun and well worth hearing, with "Maria" done as a swinging, uptempo ballad, while "Tonight" becomes a jumping-off point for all concerned into a jazz excursion across several decades' worth of tunes. By contrast, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is done in a slow, pensively lyrical, lilting fashion. Paul Desmond's playing shines every bit as much as Brubeck's, and the whole record -- including the Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart material -- swings in some unexpected directions that still delight four-plus decades later.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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S. Sondheim, Composer - S. Sondheim, Lyricist - L. Bernstein, Composer - L. Bernstein, Lyricist - Teo Macero, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Teo Macero, Producer - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
S. Sondheim, Composer - Teo Macero, Producer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Teo Macero, Producer - Adolph Green, Composer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Betty Comden, Composer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Seth Rothstein, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Leonard Bernstein, Lyricist - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Lyricist - Tim Geelan, Engineer - Didier C. Deutsch, Producer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer - Patti Matheny, A&R Coordinator - Russell Gloyd, Producer - Darren Salmieri, A&R Coordinator - Darcy M. Proper, Re-Mastering Engineer
Originally Released 1960 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Teo Macero, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - Cole Porter, Composer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Recorded 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
R. RODGERS, Composer - L. Hart, Composer - Teo Macero, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Released 1962 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Teo Macero, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - C. Porter, Composer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Recorded 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
R. RODGERS, Composer - L. Hart, Composer - Teo Macero, Producer - Dave Brubeck, Performer - Tim Geelan, Engineer - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Performer
(P) Originally Released 1962 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
For reasons that aren't clear, this is one of the more often overlooked albums in Dave Brubeck's Columbia Records catalog of the early '60s. It's certainly less well known than Stan Kenton's very different 1961 album of music from West Side Story, and also less unified, as it also reaches out to the score for Wonderful Town and back to 1930s Broadway. And none of that means that it isn't a lot of fun and well worth hearing, with "Maria" done as a swinging, uptempo ballad, while "Tonight" becomes a jumping-off point for all concerned into a jazz excursion across several decades' worth of tunes. By contrast, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is done in a slow, pensively lyrical, lilting fashion. Paul Desmond's playing shines every bit as much as Brubeck's, and the whole record -- including the Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hart material -- swings in some unexpected directions that still delight four-plus decades later.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:50
- Main artists: The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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