🎷 AotW: Horizon Dave Brubeck Quartet - 25TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION (SP-714)

[Captain Bacardi]

Dave Brubeck Quartet
25TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION
A&M/Horizon SP-714

Released 1976
Peaked at #34 on the Jazz Album charts

Format: Vinyl/8-Track/Cassette/CD

Produced by John Snyder

Songs:

• 1. St Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) - 8:48
  2. Three To Get Ready And Four To Go (Dave Brubeck) - 5:42
  3. African Times Suite (Eugene Wright) - 7:57[list:5f6e17fb08]1st Movement - African Time
  2nd Movement - African Breeze
  3rd Movement - African Dance

4. Salute To Stephen Foster (Dave Brubeck) - 5:54
5. Take Five (Paul Desmond) - 9:31
6. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Ted Koehler/Rube Bloom) - 6:45[/list:u:5f6e17fb08]

Musicians:
Dave Brubeck - Acoustic Piano
Paul Desmond - Alto Saxophone
Eugene Wright - Acoustic Bass
Joe Morello - Drums

All selections except "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" were recorded March 10, 1976 at Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan.
Transferred by Ed Michel and Baker Bigsby at The Village Recorder, April, 1976.
Recording supervised by Peter Flynn.
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" was recorded March 12, 1976 at Scottish Rite Auditorium, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Engineering by Baker Bigsby, with the Fedco Recording Crew (Fred Ehrhardt, John Holscher, John LaMoai, Dave Thomsen).
Mixed at The Village Recorder April 1976. Recording supervised by Ed Michel.
Brubeck Road Crew - Peter Flynn, Joey Wirsing, Bill Robertson.

Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: Phil Shima
Front Cover Illustration: Takenobu Igarashi
Back Cover Illustration: Barron Storey
Liner notes by Doug Ramsey, Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck, Joe Morello and Senator Eugene Wright




Capt. Bacardi

 

[Dave]

I am curious about the Paul Desmond appearance as well as the places that this album was Recorded/Performed at... I'll see if I can find a copy to satisfy my curiosity, 'bout this seemingly tight combo...



Dave

 

[Captain Bacardi]

This is a very solid set from the masters of cool. They don't seem to have lost a step at all, and everyone seems to have been having a great time playing with each other again. I always get a chuckle on "Three To Get Ready..." when Paul Desmond comes in with a drunken quote from "Auld Lang Syne". They do a swinging version of "St. Louis Blues" to open things up. The most intriguing track is the "African Times Suite", featuring Eugene Wright's bass work. And, of course, there is the obligatory reading of "Take Five". It's not a masterpiece, but this is a great album to have in any collection. 4 strong stars.



Capt. Bacardi

 

[audiofile]

There was/is a video on youtube of the quartet in the mid 70's playing Three To Get Ready, and Paul takes a humorous solo. Could that of been the video of the same recording from the album?