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DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET WITH PAUL DESMOND

BIRDLAND 1951-1952/NEWPORT 1955 (LTD)
Label SOLAR RECORDS
Catalog 4569967
Format CD
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2016-01-14
Description
LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR’S ITEM. Includes 12-page booklet The long unavailable 1951-52 Birdland broadcasts + the previously unissued Newport ’55 set!!!
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. We have also included Brubeck & Desmond’s never before released 1955 Newport concert in its entirety this time with Bob Bates on bass and Joe Dodge on drums. In addition to the quartet’s full set this CD 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”.

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 ¬ nal jam session, add Clifford Brown & Chet Baker (tp), Gerry Mulligan (bar), Joe Morello & Max Roach (d).
Omit Joe Dodge.
Live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 17, 1955.
tracklisting
1. AT A PERFUME COUNTER
2. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
3. HOW HIGH THE MOON?
4. JEEPERS CREEPERS
5. CRAZY CHRIS
6. SPRING IS HERE
7. Symphony Sid intro into STARDUST #1
8. THIS CAN’T BE LOVE
9. 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
 

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