Brubeck à la mode
Brubeck à la mode | ||||
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Studio album by Dave Brubeck | ||||
Released | January 1961 | |||
Recorded | May–June 1960 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Fantasy - 3301[1] | |||
Dave Brubeck chronology | ||||
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Brubeck à la mode is 1960 studio album by pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet.[2][3]
The album comprises compositions by the clarinetist Bill Smith; this was one of three albums that Brubeck and his quartet made with Smith.[3]
In Todd R. Decker's 2014 book Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song, Decker wrote that the album cover of Brubeck à la mode shows the "...smiling quartet sharing ice cream sodas at a picture-perfect ice cream fountain". Decker wrote how the cover frames the album within the context of the contemporaneous Civil Rights Movement; especially the Greensboro sit-ins and Nashville sit-ins which also took place at lunch counters.[4]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "The music generally swings and there are some fine solos but none of the individual pieces are all that memorable".[3]
Billboard magazine reviewed the album in their January 16, 1961 issue and wrote that "The music is swinging, alive and comes from Smith's pen. Brubeck plays simply and movingly on these sides as do the members of his group."[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Bill Smith except otherwise noted:
- "Dorian Dance" – 3:28
- "Peace, Brother" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen, Bill Smith) – 3:55
- "Invention" – 4:57
- "Lydian Line" – 5:25
- "Catch-Me-If-You-Can" – 1:45
- "Frisco Fog" – 6:01
- "The Piper" – 2:47
- "Soliloquy" – 3:26
- "One for the Kids" – 3:11
- "Ballade" – 3:58
Personnel
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- Bill Smith - clarinet
- Eugene Wright - double bass
- Joe Morello - drums
- Technical
- Bob Willoughby - cover photography
See also
References
- ^ "Dave Brubeck - Brubeck à la mode at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Dave Brubeck Jazz - Brubeck à la mode". davebrubeckjazz.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Brubeck à la mode at AllMusic
- ^ Todd R. Decker (30 October 2014). Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song. Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-19-938918-6.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Jazz LP's: Strong Sales Potential". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 January 1961. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
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- Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)
- Time In (1966)
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- Jackpot! (1968)
- Two Generations of Brubeck (1973)
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- 1975: The Duets (with Paul Desmond, 1975)
- All the Things We Are (1976)
- In Their Own Sweet Way (1995)
- Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995)
- To Hope! A Celebration (1996)
- The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. (1998)
Quartet
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
- Jazz at Oberlin (1953)
- Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953)
- Jazz Goes to College (1954)
- Brubeck Time (1955)
- Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955)
- Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956)
- Dave Digs Disney (1957)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958)
- Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958)
- Newport 1958 (1958)
- Gone with the Wind (1959)
- Time Out (1959)
- Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960)
- Brubeck and Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, 1960)
- Tonight Only! (with Carmen McRae, 1960)
- Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1961)
- Time Further Out (1961)
- Brubeck in Amsterdam (1962)
- Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962)
- Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963)
- At Carnegie Hall (1963)
- Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964)
- Time Changes (1964)
- Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)
- Angel Eyes (1965)
- My Favorite Things (1965)
- Anything Goes! (1966)
- Buried Treasures (1967)
- The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967)
- 25th Anniversary Reunion (1977)
- Tritonis (1980)
- Paper Moon (1982)
- The Great Concerts (1988)
- So What's New? (1998)
- The Crossing (2000)
- Park Avenue South (2002)
- London Flat, London Sharp (2005)
Mulligan
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