The Essential Dave Brubeck
It's hard to summarize the highlights of a career as long and prolific as Dave Brubeck s in a two-CD compilation. If you're going to settle for that, however, The Essential Dave Brubeck is a good job, spanning 1949 to 2002, with 76 minutes of music on each disc. Although a few of these tracks were drawn from his early Fantasy recordings and his later Concord MusicMasters Telarc discs, the overwhelming bulk of them come from his days at Columbia from the mid-'50s through the late '60s. "Take Five" is here, of course, as are some of his better- known recordings, like "Blue Rondo a La Turk," "Take the 'A' Train" (a live 1954 performance), "Audrey," and "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (from the Dave Digs Disney album). Overall it spotlights the pianist in a variety of settings -- live, solo piano ("In Your Sweet Way" and "Weep No More," from Brubeck Plays Brubeck ; interpreting West Side Story bopping, balladeering, bossa nova with strings; or backing vocalists Louis Armstrong Carmen McRae Jimmy Rushing and Tony Bennett In fact, no less than a couple dozen albums are sampled over the course of the 31 discs, making this an admirably wide-ranging sampler of Brubeck s work, focusing on his earlier and most important efforts. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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The Essential Dave Brubeck
- UPC:
- 696998699328
- Label:
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Columbia/Legacy
- Released:
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3/25/2003
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0
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1
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Music
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Preview
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| 1 | Indiana | 3:53 |
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| 2 | Perdido (Live) | 0:03 |
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| 3 | Take The "A" Train | 6:17 |
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| 4 | Unsquare Dance | 2:00 |
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| 5 | Kathy's Waltz | 3:02 |
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| 6 | The Duke (Live) | 4:03 |
 
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| 7 | In Your Own Sweet Way | 4:58 |
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| 8 | Weep No More | 3:57 |
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| 9 | Some Day My Prince Will Come | 8:17 |
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| 10 | Autumn In Washington Square | 5:29 |
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| 11 | Theme From "Mr. Broadway" | 2:28 |
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| 12 | Three To Get Ready | 5:24 |
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| 13 | Blue Rondo a la Turk | 6:44 |
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| 14 | There'll Be Some Changes Made | 2:07 |
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| 15 | Star Dust | 5:21 |
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| 16 | Brother, Can you Spare A Dime? | 7:27 |
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| 17 | Love For Sale | 8:40 |
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Credits »
Dave Brubeck - Arranger
Dave Brubeck - Producer
Dave Brubeck - Soloist
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
George Avakian - Producer
Chris Brubeck - Producer
Didier C. Deutsch - Producer
Russell Gloyd - Arranger
Russell Gloyd - Conductor
Russell Gloyd - Producer
Cal Lampley - Producer
Teo Macero - Producer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Mark Wilder - Mixing
Howard Brubeck - Arranger
Howard Brubeck - Conductor
Seth Rothstein - Project Director
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Darcy Proper - Mastering
Darcy Proper - Mixing
Bob Willoughby - Photography
Hank Parker - ?
Ron Kellum - Design
Omar Carrasquilla - Tape Research
Seth Foster - Mastering
Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
Darren Salmieri - A&R
Joe "Cannonball" Lewis - Liner Notes
Mark Unterberger - Package Manager
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