Greatest Hits

Product Details

Artist : Dave Brubeck
Format : Best of
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0074646541722
Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1998-02-03
UPC : 074646541722

ASIN : B000002AL8

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Take Five
2. I'm in a Dancing Mood
3. In Your Own Sweet Way
4. Camptown Races
5. Duke
6. It's a Raggy Waltz
7. Bossa Nova U.S.A.
8. Trolley Song
9. Unsquare Dance
10. Blue Rondo a la Turk
11. Theme from "Mr. Broadway"

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Editorial Reviews

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While greatest-hits CDs abound, Dave Brubeck has been one of the few modern-jazz musicians to have actually enjoyed an occasional hit record. This CD compiles material from Brubeck's Columbia recordings of the 1950s and 1960s, revealing his deft combination of modernist harmony and unusual time signatures with the immediately accessible. Whether it's his own fine song "In Your Own Sweet Way" or Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races," his homage to Duke Ellington or the Mozart-inspired "Blue Rondo," Brubeck balances his taste for innovation with traditional melodic values. The quartet with altoist Paul Desmond was Brubeck's finest instrument. Desmond's gauzy sound and fluent improvisations provided effective contrast to Brubeck's own assertive, slightly stiff piano playing, and drummer Joe Morello smoothed out the most challenging rhythms. Desmond's "Take Five" has become a jazz standard, and this once-controversial music now conveys a special period charm. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews

THE GREATEST SELECTION OF BRUBECK TUNES!!!!!!!!!! (2004-01-26)

If you haven't herd any Brubeck music, this is the album you must get first, besides Time Out. This album has the greatest assortment of Brubeck tunes I ever herd in the best order.You'll love this music, and the album itself.

(Some) of Brubeck's greatest tunes (2003-06-08)

I've always felt that of all the jazz composers, Dave Brubeck has the most original ideas and concepts. Bear in mind, the man is not just strictly a jazz composer, recently I saw one of Brubeck's newest compositions entitled 'Regrets' being performed by the Yale Cellos, an entire 22 piece ensemble of just cellos. At the recital, I saw him there and got a chance to speak to him and ask him some questions. Given that Dave is currently 82 years old he is still very sharp, though he did not have a lot to say. What he did tell me however, after I asked him how he thought jazz and improvisation related to his orchestral and chamber music, was that they are one in the same. This is clearly evident in all of his music. No one has embodied more of romantic and post-romantic music in the jazz idiom than Dave Brubeck. The tunes on this album I must stress are SOME of the best work he did with the Dave Brubeck quartet featuring Paul Desmond, one of the greatest jazz bands in history. You still get overview however of what makes this band stand out from all other jazz quartets in history. If you are not familiar with Brubeck you should definetely buy this album and listen to it from beginning to end with no distractions and then you will understand what makes his musical ideas so original. If you are familiar with Brubeck you already know what I'm talking about, and this album will just serve as a good summary of his work with Desmond, Morello, and Wright.

Timeless Classic (2002-10-14)

What can you say about the best of one of the greatest jazz combos, ever? This is about as timeless as it gets. And in remastered sound, no less. I'm not necessarly a big jazz fan, but I recognize great music, whatever style.

The songs are from the 1959-1964 era, and include all the classics, including among others "Take Five", which remains as fresh today as it was in 1959, "I'm in a Dancing Mood", a live version of "The Duke", and "Blue Rondo a la Turk". I marvel at the genius of Dave Brubeck. My only regret is that I never I had the opportunity to see Dave Brubeck live in concert. Oh well... meanwhile I will do with this. Essential for any serious music lover, whatever your musical preference.

Best of Brubeck (2001-08-03)

This is definitely Brubeck's best. A few tracks disagree with my tastes ("The Duke", "It's a Raggedy Waltz", "Bossa Nova USA"), but otherwise, it's a great listen.

A real classic (2001-06-23)

Released in the start of the seventies this album of greatest hits, in what now is an "early" stage of Brubecks career this album has gained Classic Status in itself. Most people I know who like Brubeck value this album as a treasure.

Opening with the fabulous "Take Five" in the original recording sets the pace for a very easy hour of entertainment by four wonderful musicians. The combination of Brubeck and Desmond is made in heaven and either one of them has in all the albums they have released after that as soloists never matched the magic they had together.

Tracks like "Blue Rondo" and "Unsquare Dance" can be listened to many times and you still discover new elements. In fact, what makes this album so valuable, unlike so many other Greatest Hits, is the harmony between the songs and the easy flow of the tracks.

This is an album which should not miss in any serious Jazz collection.

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