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Dave Brubeck The Very Best Of (2000) [Jazz][mp3 440 677][h33t][schon55]
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Dave Brubeck - The Very Best Of
Audio CD: 9 Oct 2000
Label: Sony
Bitrate: 440-677 kbps
Amazon.co.uk Review
A generation ago Brubeck was largely dismissed as an unswinging pianist with a vulgar preoccupation with odd time-signatures. Now he is a senatorial figure whose work is celebrated as much as it used to be reviled. On this evidence the contemporary view is fair. Brubeck could be heavy-handed, and some of his 1960s work was undoubtedly pretentious; on the other hand, he had considerable harmonic imagination, constantly surprised with his delicate melodiousness, and could generate prodigious swing. Moreover, in Paul Desmond he enjoyed the services of a top-class alto saxophonist who was also a deeply sympathetic spirit. Here they are joined on all but one of the 15 tracks by Brubeck's finest rhythm section, bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello, and the programme, in addition to memorialising old favourites, includes Brubeck's excellent compositions "The Duke", "Mr. Broadway" and "In Your Own Sweet Way" and offers intriguing readings of "Camptown Races" and "Trolley Song". Strongly recommended to anyone new to Brubeck, the CD will please his dedicated fans too. ~ Richard Palmer
No doubt spurned by the recent use of Unsquare Dance on television by Renault, this compliation sees the rerelease of Brubeck's greatest works. Personally it is 'Take Five' that always makes me appreciate Brubeck's skill, but the CD includes many other classic jazz tracks, including a notably live recording of 'it's a raggy waltz'. A good first time buy, which should draw the listener within its smooth chilled atmosphere. ~ Cris Bloomfield
Dave Brubeck - The Very Best Of Tracks:
01 Unsquare Dance (2:00)
02 Take Five (5:25)
03 Bossa Nova U.S.A. (2:24)
04 Mr. Broadway ( 7:18 )
05 Trolley Song (3:04)
06 Blue Rondo A La Turk (6:44)
07 Camptown Races (1:57)
08 The Duke (6:30)
09 Three To Get Ready (5:22)
10 Somewhere (4:15)
11 In Your Own Sweet Way (8:40)
12 There'll Be Some Changes Made (2:07)
13 Fujiyama (5:04)
14 It's A Raggy Waltz (live) ( 6:38 )
15 La Paloma Azul (6:19)