Dave Brubeck

With the support of the U.S. State Department, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, which included new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major European tour in early 1958.

Their first concert in the Netherlands took place on February 26 at the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, normally reserved for classical music performances. Since 1951 and the collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, the band had gained a stunning reputation. In 1954, Dave Brubeck was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rumor has it that Duke Ellington knocked on Brubeck's hotel door to congratulate him. Brubeck is said to have replied, "That should have been you." He dedicated one of his most famous pieces, "The Duke," included on this album, to his fellow pianist.

On that winter evening in 1958, the four American musicians, all in their late thirties, took the stage of the Concertgebouw.

The concert marked the beginning of a triumphant career in Europe. It proclaimed loud and clear the communicative enthusiasm that was the enduring trademark of these four exceptional musicians.

PERSONNEL:

• Dave Brubeck - (piano)
• Paul Desmond - (saxophone)
• Eugene Wright - (bass)
• Joe Morello - (drums)

Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on February 26, 1958

TRACKS:

• 01. Two Part Contention
• 02. Someday My Prince Will Come
• 03. These Foolish Things
• 04. One Moment Worth Years
• 05. For All We Know
• 06. Watusi Drums
• 07. The Wright Groove
• 08. The Duke
• 09. Take the "A" Train (incomplete)