This release presents 2 rarely heard & long out of print Newport performances by the celebrated Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond on alto sax. As a bonus, this CD also includes 2 live tracks from a radio broadcast taped during a concert in Hannover in 1958.
PERSONNEL:
DAVE BRUBECK, piano & PAUL DESMOND alto sax, on all tracks, plus:
(1-4): NORMAN BATES (b), JOE DODGE (d).
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, july 6, 1956.
(5-8): EUGENE WRIGHT (b), JOE MORELLO (d)
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, july 5, 1959.
* Bonus Tracks
(9-10): Same personnel as 5-8.
Hannover, Germany, February 28, 1958
TRACKS:
01. IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
02. TWO PART CONTENTION
03. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
04. I’M IN A DANCING MOOD
05. GONE WITH THE WIND
06. THE LONESOME ROAD
07. THREE TO GET READY
08. BLUE RONDO A LA TURK
09. OUT OF NOWHERE
10. THESE FOOLISH THINGS* (Incomplete)
TOTAL TIME: 70:27 MIN
BOX 14