AOTW: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - 25th Anniversary Reunion

[Captain Bacardi]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet
25th ANNIVERSARY REUNION
A&M/Horizon SP714

Released 1977

Format: Vinyl/8-Track/CD

Produced by John Snyder

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

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:a9c6f0be6e] (a)1st Movement: African Time
  (b) 2nd Movement: African Breeze
  (c) 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:a9c6f0be6e]

All selections except "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" were recorded March 10, 1976 at Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan. Transferred by Ed Michel & 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 LaMoia, 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, Joe Morello, Dave Brubeck and Senator Eugene J. Wright.


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[Rudy]

Definitely not a favorite Brubeck Quartet recording of mine. Not that it's bad (I'd rate it as "average"), but musically I still think many of the Columbia recordings outshine this one.

Just got Countdown--Time In Outer Space last week. I was checking regularly to see if it was in print as a CD, but never saw it. When I did finally locate it about a month ago, it was already out of print! I did a preorder at Amazon and nabbed it for $11.50, plus shipping.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Definitely not a favorite Brubeck Quartet recording of mine. Not that it's bad (I'd rate it as "average"), but musically I still think many of the Columbia recordings outshine this one.

Yeah, this took me a few listens to before I started to really enjoy it. After hearing those classic versions on the Columbia albums it's hard to hear these songs any other way. I've got this playing right now, so I'll comment more later.


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[Captain Bacardi]

I've listened to this album a few times this past week, and it's not a bad little album at all. As mentioned before we've become accustomed to the classic Columbia recordings that anything else just doesn't sound right. But I think this holds up rather well. The musicianship is impeccable. I love the little humor of Paul Desmond when he starts playing a little bit of "Auld Lang Syne" on "Three To Get Ready...", and Brubeck himself does a quote of "Green Leaves Of Summer" during his solo on "Take Five". The more I listen to this album the more I like it.

The CD version of this album seems to have always been around as well. I don't think it's ever been out of print.



Capt. Bacardi