![]() ![]() TrackList, Disc 2: Members presentation, Swanee River, I’m in a Dancing Mood, You Go to my Head, Set my People Free, For Drummers Only, Take Five. TrackList, Disc 1: Introduction, St Louis Blues, Three to Get Ready, These Foolish Things, Cielito Lindo, The Blue Dove, Take the “A” Train, Someday My Prince Will Come. The penultimate tracks gives Joe Morello a chance to really do his stuff: “For Drummers Only.” And of course the quartet had to close out with biggest hit: “Take Five.” They don’t seem the least bit jaded by surely having to do this one every single night-it swings like mad, has a number of variations on the usual version (Dave going Middle Eastern on one part), and things are rounded off in a spectacular fashion. Dave quotes a bit of “Lullaby of the Leaves” in the midst of his solo here. The unexpected “Swanee River” comes after the introduction of the quartet’s members at the beginning of the second set (second disc). In one of the Mexican tours the quartet learned the folk song “The Blue Dove,” (La Paloma) which they do here, and the closer on the first set-”Someday My Prince Will Come”-is a major piece of work, which stayed in the quartet’s prime repertory for many years. ![]() When the quartet toured the world, Dave often picked up ethnic tunes from the environment-just as Ellington and others had done before him. I recall Dave inserting the Air Force song into what he was playing when planes frequently took off from the airport close to the Monterey Jazz Festival, and here on “Three to Get Ready” he inserts some of “The 12 Days of Christmas” since this was being taped at Christmas time. Though nearly everything had gone to stereo by this late date (stereodiscs had hit the market in 1958) this recording is just mono, and not quite as good sound as the three other commercial releases made from this final tour. The Brubeck Archives (at the pianist’s home) has had this live recording all along, and it reveals all four musicians at their top form in this last opportunity to play together. ![]() Columbia had done a studio session for the occasion the same month, but was never released due to not having much interesting in it. On December 26, 1967, the classic Brubeck Quartet gave its last concert as a group in Pittsburgh. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955 - 1966 - 19 albums packaged in a replica mini. Like Time Out, Time Further Outs cover features a work of modern art: a painting by Spanish artist Joan Miró. (Dave Brubeck, piano Paul Desmond, alto sax Joe Morello, drums Eugene Wright, bass) Released as CD in mini LP format in Japan under the 'Sony Master Sound' series - Sony Records SRCS 9350. Very happy to preserve this unique recording.The Dave Brubeck Quartet – The Last Time Out (Unreleased live concert from 1967) – Sony Legacy (no #) 2 CDs – 47:52, 50:17 *****: I trimmed the beginning and end of each side, exported to Apple lossless, and added to Roon… Amazingly easy peezy and the quality is amazing. My set up with simple to record this but I am incredibly pleased with the results, here’s the chain: iPad Pro running garage band > M-Audio Solo > Technics 1500C equipped with a new Ortofon Red cartridge. I even read somewhere that the master tapes were no longer available that they had been destroyed… I don’t know if that is true. I immediately was like: “How can I get this on digital to help preserve it?“ Internet research indicated that some of these original mixes, both in mono and then stereo are very difficult to come by on CD. The 1959 record wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty darn close. Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. 1959 was a watershed year in jazz recording, as several seminal albums were. It sounded like someone had taken a blanket off the recording. Find The Dave Brubeck Quartet credit information on AllMusic. Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out (Legacy Edition). So, this recording blew me away… Much more clarity and life than the 1997 CD remaster I have been listening to, especially with the percussion and Paul Desmond‘s sax. I figured that the pops and noise would dampen in enthusiasm for listening to this, worst case, I would hang the album cover on the wall. THEIR WEBSITE CONFIRMS THAT THE 2 CHANNEL MIX is REMASTERED but the MULTICHANNEL MIX IS THE SAME AS THE SONY VERSION. I was at the record shop and found this on vinyl… I did not expect much… I am not a huge vinyl enthusiast, but I have good equipment, and a decent collection. Review by Discspinner J(10 of 10 found this review helpful) Performance. ![]()
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