Dave Brubeck

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

This release contains the original album Brubeck Plays Bernstein (Columbia CS8257), appearing here complete on a single CD for the first time ever. On the first half the Dave Brubeck Quartet performs a fourpart composition by Dave’s older brother Howard, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. On the second half, the quartet offers its interpretations of five tunes from Bernstein’s Broadway musicals West Side Story and Wonderful Town. As a bonus, another album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Impressions of Japan (Columbia CS9012), which also appears here in its entirety.

PERSONNEL:

• ON TRACKS [1-9] BRUBECK PLAYS BERNSTEIN
• PAUL DESMOND, alto sax
• DAVE BRUBECK, piano
• EUGENE WRIGHT, bass
• JOE MORELLO, drums
• On 1-4 only add the New York Philharmonic conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
• New York, January 30 & February 14-17, 1960.

• BONUS ALBUM [10-17]: JAZZ IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN
• PAUL DESMOND, alto sax
• DAVE BRUBECK, piano
• EUGENE WRIGHT, bass
• JOE MORELLO, drums
• New York, January 31 & June 16-17, 1960.

TRACKS:

• 01 DIALOGUES FOR JAZZ COMBO AND ORCHESTRA (I) : ALLEGRO
• 02 DIALOGUES FOR JAZZ COMBO AND ORCHESTRA (II): ANDANTE-BALLAD
• 03 DIALOGUES FOR JAZZ COMBO AND ORCHESTRA (III): ADAGIO-BALLAD
• 04 DIALOGUES FOR JAZZ COMBO AND ORCHESTRA (IV): ALLEGRO-BLUES
• 05 MARIA
• 06 I FEEL PRETTY
• 07 SOMEWHERE
• 08 A QUIET GIRL
• 09 TONIGHT
• 10 TOKYO TRAFFIC
• 11 RISING SUN
• 12 TOKI’S THEME
• 13 FUJIYAMA
• 14 ZEN IS WHEN
• 15 THE CITY IS CRYING
• 16 OSAKA BLUES
• 17 KOTO SONG

• TOTAL TIME: 75:32