Columbia – CL 1034Rec. Dates : May 1 & 2, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Norman BatesDrums : Joe Morello Billboard : 09/16/1957 Generally excellent “live” performances by the quartet, particularly altoist Paul Desmond. Brubeck’s piano work on One Moment Worth Years is high spot of…
Fantasy – 3-13Rec. Date : December 14, 1953 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Ron CrottyDrums : Joe Dodge Boston Globe (Boston, MA)John Wm. Riley : 04/11/1954 This year Dave Brubeck, California jazz pianist, and his quartet, were the winners of both “Metronome” and “Downbeat” polls. These are magazines…
Fantasy – 3-11Rec. Date : March 2, 1953 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Ron CrottyDrums : Lloyd Davis Billboard : 01/30/1954Score of 80 Each week it becomes increasingly evident that there is no bottom to the jazz barrel. The volume of jazz packages being issued appears to…
Columbia – CL 590Rec. Dates : December 1953, March 30 & July 22, 1954 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Bob Bates, Ron CrottyDrums : Joe Dodge Billboard : 11/20/1954Score of 86 Dave Brubeck, now riding with one of the highest-selling jazz albums of 1954, could have another solid…
Columbia – CL 1347Rec. Dates : April 22/23, 1959Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Eugene WrightDrums : Joe Morello Billboard : 08/24/1959 The Brubeck Quartet has another likely big seller with their latest. Set includes a group of standards and folk tunes. As usual, Paul Desmond on alto and Joe Morello lend first rate backing. Gene Wright is on bass. Tunes…
RCA Victor – LSP / LPM 2569Rec. Dates : November 5, 10, 12, 14, 25, 1963 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Gene Cherico, Gene WrightDrums : Connie KayGuitar : Jim Hall Asbury Park Press (Asbury Park, NJ)Don Lass : 12/07/1963 Desmond, long the key soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is…
RCA Victor – LSP-2624Rec. Dates : June 26, 1962, July 3, 1962, August 13, 1962Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : John Beal, Joe Benjamin, Wendell MarshallDrums : Connie Kay, Mel Lewis Billboard : 11/10/1962Jazz Spotlight Album Modern jazz listeners should welcome this one with open arms. It spotlights two of the most eloquent witty and…
Columbia – CL 984Rec. Dates : November 16 & 26, 1956, February 4, 1957 Stream this Album Piano : Dave BrubeckAlto Sax : Paul DesmondBass : Norman BatesDrums : Joe Morello AudioCharles A. Robertson : August, 1957 The eight impressions are the result of notebook scribblings made on tour with the Quartet, and were recorded…
Verve – MGV-8246Rec. Dates : August 2, 1957, August 27, 1957Stream this Album Alto Sax : Paul DesmondBaritone Sax : Gerry MulliganBass : Joe BenjaminDrums : Dave Bailey Billboard : 12/02/1957Spotlight on… selection The clarity of Paul Desmond’s alto and the warm intensity of Gerry Mulligan on baritone were never so richly captured as they are on this, their first package…
Columbia – CL 699 Rec. Dates : October 12, 1954, July 23, 1955 Stream this Album Piano : Dave Brubeck Alto Sax : Paul Desmond Bass : Bob Bates Drums : Joe Dodge Billboard : 10/15/1955 Spotlight on… selection The Brubeck foursome scores another bullseye with this collection of on-the-spot recordings emanating from their Basin…
