3 PANNEL DIGIPACK EDITION 5 STARS PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ (CORE COLLECTION)
2 ORGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD
The fact that Time Out
(Columbia CS-8192) became such a huge success took the world by
surprise, including the members of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The
formation took the challenge to experiment with musical forms foreign to
jazz and, in addition to playing standard tunes like everyone else,
they introduced many new compositions that gave the formation its
identity. Most of the songs were composed by Brubeck, as is the case on
the album Time Out. However, one of the most catchy melodies on
that album, âTake Fiveâ, was a Paul Desmond composition, and it would
become the quartetâs most celebrated tune. Brubeckâs complete 1962 album Countdown âTime in Outer Space (Columbia CS 8575), which also explores unusual time signatures, has been added as a bonus.
PERSONNEL:
PAUL DESMOND, alto sax DAVE BRUBECK, piano EUGENE WRIGHT, bass JOE MORELLO, drums New York, June-August, 1959.
(*) BONUS ALBUM (8-18): COUNTDOWN - TIME IN OUTER SPACE Same personnel. New York, May-December 1961.
TRACKS:
01 BLUE RONDO Ã LA TURK 02 STRANGE MEADOW LARK 03 TAKE FIVE 04 THREE TO GET READY 05 KATHYâS WALTZ 06 EVERYBODYâS JUMPINâ 07 PICK UP STICKS 08 COUNTDOWN (*) 09 ELEVEN FOUR (*) 10 WHY PHILLIS WALTZ (*) 11 SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME (*) 12 CASTILIAN BLUES (*) 13 CASTILIAN DRUMS (*) 14 FAST LIFE (*) 15 WALTZ LIMP (*) 16 THREEâS A CROWD (*) 17 DANSE DUET (*) 18 BACK TO EARTH (*)