Jazz at oberlin dave brubeck biography
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Jazz at Oberlin
Label: Fantasy
Year: 1953
Released on LP: Yes
Released on CD: Yes
Tracks
1.
Jazz at oberlin dave brubeck biography
These Foolish Things
2. Perdido
3. Stardust
4. The Way You Look Tonight
5. How High the Moon
Personnel
Dave Brubeck(piano)Paul Desmond(alto sax)
Ron Crotty(bass)
Lloyd Davis(drums)
Notes
Oberver (UK), Jan 2011, rated "Jazz At Oberlin" as one of the 50 great moments in Jazz - article below.
Brubeck's 1953 live album showed that jazz didn't have to follow the bebop route, and that there was even a chart audience out there for it
The pianist and composer Dave Brubeck had more than his share of Great Moments: he was the first to sell a million copies of a jazz instrumental; he was one of Time magazine's rare jazz cover subjects; he has played for presidents and popes; composed everything from classic jazz themes to symphonies; and the tune of his most famous hit, Take Five, is familiar to music lovers, from eight-year-olds to octogenarians.
Brubeck's first Great Jazz Moment is on