• THE LONG UNAVAILABLE 1951-52 BIRDLAND BROADCAST

• PLUS THE PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED NEWPORT '55 SET !!

• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents all known existing Birdland broadcasts from the formative stages of the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1951-52). The band heard on these long out of print sets features Wyatt Ruther on bass and Herb Barman on drums, and the repertoire consists of tunes Brubeck and Desmond would rarely play in later years.

The CD also includes Brubeck & Desmond’s never before released 1955 Newport concert in its entirety, this contains the late night jam session, on which such guests as Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, and Max Roach joined the band for a thrilling reading of “Tea for Two”.

PERSONNEL:

• [1-12]: BIRDLAND BROADCASTS
• PAUL DESMOND,alto sax (out on 2 & 6)
• DAVE BRUBECK, piano
• WYATT RUTHER, bass (out on 2)
• HERB BARMAN, drums (hand drum on 2)
• Recorded live at Birdland, New York.
• [1-3]: December 15, 1951.
• [4-10]: December 22, 1951.
• [11]: January 22, 1952.
• [12]: January 24, 1952.

• [13-19]: NEWPORT ‘55
• PAUL DESMOND,alto sax
• DAVE BRUBECK, piano
• BOB BATES, bass
• JOE DODGE, drums

• On track 19, the final jam session, add CLIFFORD BROWN & CHET BAKER, trumpet GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax JOE MORELLO & MAX ROACH, drums Omit Joe Dodge
• Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 17, 1955.

TRACKS:

• 01 AT A PERFUME COUNTER
• 02 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
• 03 HOW HIGH THE MOON?
• 04 JEEPERS CREEPERS
• 05 CRAZY CHRIS
• 06 SPRING IS HERE
• 07 Symphony Sid intro into STARDUST #1
• 08 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE
• 09 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
• 10 JEEPERS CREEPERS #2
• 11 TEA FOR TWO
• 12 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
• 13 Announcement (*)
• 14 BACK BAY BLUES (*)
• 15 TROLLEY SONG (*)
• 16 STARDUST #2 (*)
• 17 CRAZY CHRIS #2 [incomplete] (*)
• 18 DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME (*)
• 19 TEA FOR TWO

• TOTAL TIME: 75:03 Min