brubeck/ wilshire-ebell: what is really up

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ok so i just got a red vinyl fantasy press of this and, so brubeck has said theres 3 lps hell never have reissued: this, jackpot, and last time/paris. the last 2 we know are soundquality, right- but w. the 1st one, the one i got (wilshire-ebell)...its a money thing, right? i notice the cover says: ''recorded under the personal supervision of richard bock- president, pacific jazz'-- it has somehin to do w/ that, huh. or wasnt someone day brubeck didnt even know this was being recorded or something? whats the skinny on this session, cause it sounds good, its a good concert

[Ken Dryden]

I think Brubeck has mentioned in several interviews that Fantasy released several live albums that were recorded without his knowledge. He wasn't happy with the piano on the Columbia LP Jackpot (he describes in the liner notes how the new baby grand wasn't holding its pitch) and the circumstances behind The Last Time We Saw Paris (difficulties with Desmond, who missed at least once concert during that tour) make it an album that he would rather forget.