Happy 87th Birthday Dave Brubeck

[Lazaro Vega]

Listening to Brubeck's quartet with Paul Desmond from "Last Time We Saw Paris" where Desmond quotes "Harlem Nocturne" and "Night Train" during his solo on "These Foolish Things." Kicks. Will feature excerpts of an extensive interview with Brubeck tonight on Jazz From Blue Lake.

87.

[ejp626]

I like a lot of Brubeck albums but perhaps my favorite overall album is Jazz Impressions of Japan.

In general, I think the classic quartet work is the best, but of late Brubeck, I do like Nightshift and Late Night Brubeck on Telarc. These are with Bobby Militello on reeds.

I'll try to catch the show tonight.

[JohnS]

I like a lot of Brubeck albums too. Difficult to choose one but in any event it would have to be one of the early Fantasys or Columbias.

Edited December 6, 2007 by JohnS

[Quincy]

Usually one of the College Fantasys, but not too long ago I found a very cheap copy of Dave Does Disney. You know how it can be, the newest heard can be the favorite.

[B. Clugston]

I like the Carnegie Hall album with the classic quartet. Jazz Impressions of Japan was great too.

I saw Brubeck perform five years ago and it was a pretty fabulous concert.

[Shawn]

Jazz At Oberlin. That was the first Brubeck I heard and became an instant fan.

[paul secor]

My two favorites are the Duets album with Desmond and Brubeck and Rushing. I haven't collected or listened to a lot of Brubeck, so there might be a lot of decent recordings that I've missed, but the two I mentioned are good ones.

[ejp626]

My two favorites are the Duets album with Desmond ...

I've always found this album sleep-inducing, not that that's always a bad thing. I literally play this on nights I have trouble falling asleep. I've starting playing it for my son as well.

[Big Al]

I like the Carnegie Hall album with the classic quartet.

Easily my favorite as well. They were firing on all cylinders that night!

[BruceH]

Put me down for Jazz Impressions of Eurasia. I like a lot of them though.

[Brownian Motion]

Put me down for Jazz Impressions of Eurasia. I like a lot of them though.

I like this one also. I'm also partial to "The Real Ambassadors" with Pops, Carmen McRae, and Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross.

[Free For All]

I'm just glad he gave us "The Duke" and "In Your Own Sweet Way" to play and listen to. Both great tunes.

[John Tapscott]

I really dig the single CD compilation from 3 concerts (including 4 tracks from Carnegie) called "The Great Concerts".

Edit to add: Dave's latest CD on Telarc "Indian Summer" - solo piano recorded March 2007 is very, very nice, indeed.

Edited December 7, 2007 by John Tapscott

[B. Goren.]

I like a lot of Brubeck albums but perhaps my favorite overall album is Jazz Impressions of Japan.

[AndrewHill]

I like the entire boxset 'For All Time.'

[Kalo]

In high school I was a partisan of Time Further Out.

It still sounds good to me.

[clifford_thornton]

Happy Birthday, Dave.

My favorite record is probably Ornette's Change of the Century.

[felser]

Not very original, I realize, but mine is good old 'Time Out'. I also like the Carnegie Hall one, a lot of the Fantasy live stuff and other Desmond stuff, and a lot of the stuff done with Mulligan in the late 60's-early 70's.

BTW, the PBS documentary on Brubeck is very revealing, really gives you the heart and soul of him, and he'd be a great man if he had never played a note. Incredible that he's still touring and vital at 87! Ironically, Brubeck may be very very underrated in circles like ours.

Edited December 10, 2007 by felser