Dave Brubeck - Seven Classic LP's - 4XCD

'Cool Jazz' personified, Dave Brubeck is one of few post-bop bandleaders to remain a household name well into the third millennium. With his favoured use of unconventional time-signatures, meters, rhythms and tonalities, which all together made for a unique style of jazz that incorporated elements of classical and other traditional musical forms, Brubeck was a commercial oddity in the late 1950s and early 1960s; a serious jazz performer who had hit singles. The early 1960s witnessed The Dave Brubeck Quartet garner even more commercial and critical success. Recorded in 1962, Bossa Nova U.S.A (Columbia, 1963) found the group flirt with 'the cool wave of Brazil', for which, with one eye on the pop chart, Brubeck composed a set in-keeping with current trends. Its follow-up, Brubeck In Amsterdam (Columbia, 1963), a live album recorded in the Dutch capital in late '62, was a more traditional affair, and found the Quartet in fine form on a number of Brubeck classics.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1963), an undeniable milestone in the group's career, is often hailed as Brubeck's greatest live album, with critic Jim Santella commenting; "this is timeless music from a classic ensemble.' On the 5th of December 2012, one day before his 92nd birthday, Dave Brubeck died following a cardiac arrest, many years after his legacy had been cemented. Named a Kennedy Center honouree in 2009 for contributions to American jazz, Dave Brubeck remains in memoriam as one of the greatest jazz composers and musicians of all time, becoming what the Los Angeles Times described as 'one of jazz's first pop stars.' This 4 CD Box Set serves to highlight some of the Dave Brubeck Quartet's greatest and oft-overlooked albums, all faithfully remastered and presented here as both a perfect introduction to the great man's music, and as a welcome collection for those already versed in this extraordinary body of work.

Disc 1:
Bossa Nova U.S.A
Vento Fresco
Trolley Song
Theme For June
Coracao Sensival
Irmao Amigo
There'll Be No Tomorrow
Cantiga Nova Song
Lamento
This Can't Be Love
Since Love Had It's Way
King For A Day
The Real Ambassador
They Say I Look Like God
Dizzy Ditty
Cultural Exchange
Good Reviews
Brandenburg Gate
Disc 2:
St. Louis Blues
Bossa Nova U.S.A.
For All We Know
Pennies From Heaven
Southern Scene
Three To Get Ready
Eleven Four
It's A Raggy Waltz
King For A Day
Castillian Drums
Disc 3:
Blue Rondo A La Turk
Take Five
Iberia
Unisphere
Shim Wa
World's Fair
Cable Car
Elementals
Tokyo Traffic
Rising Sun
Toki's Theme
Fujiyama
Zen Is When
The City Is Crying
Osaka Blues
Koto Song
Disc 4:
Theme From Mr. Broadway
Broadway Bossa Nova
Autumn in Washington Square
Something To Sing About
Sixth Sense
Spring In Central Park
Lonely Mr. Broadway
Summer On The Sound
Winter Ballad
Broadway Romance
Upstage Rumba
St. Louis Blues
Koto Song
Take The 'A' Train
Take Five