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Article: Reassessing

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out

by Chris May
December 15, 2011

Dave Brubeck QuartetTime OutColumbia1959 As the authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin, 1992-2008) observed, pianist Dave Brubeck's Time Out has become so familiar that “no one actually hears what's going on anymore." The album is one of two masterpieces made in ...

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Article: Mix Tape

Desmond After Dark (With the Dave Brubeck Quartet)

by Michael Ricci
December 15, 2011

Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond's solos kept me connected to the Dave Brubeck Quartet's music. A perfect “dry martini" mix of boundless lyricism and musical excellence. The following tunes were selected from several albums included in the The Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1954 to 1967 box set. TrackNameTimeArtistAlbum1The Night ...

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News: Recording

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection Spans 1954 to 1967

December 2, 2011

DELUXE 19-CD BOX SET INCLUDES 9 ALBUMS ON CD IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME Perfect box set gift for the holiday season, released December 6, 2011—Dave Brubeck's 91st birthday—by Columbia/Legacy Also out now: Their Last Time Out (The Unreleased Live Concert—December 26, 1967), the Quartet's final concert after ten years together. As family and ...

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News: Recording

The Complete Albums Collection Available Exclusively at Popmarket.com

November 27, 2011

Popmarket.com offers an exclusive reissue box set series called COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION, deluxe box sets housing the complete album discographies on Columbia and RCA (spanning the 1950's-00's) by the greatest names in modern jazz—Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Dexter Gordon, Nina Simone, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Grover Washington Jr., ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Desmond

November 25, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Desmond's birthday today! He is revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an era that worshipped the frenetic, bebop ...

News: Recording

Sony Music Presents The Complete Albums Collections By the Greatest Names In Jazz

November 18, 2011

Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report Call it the Ultimate Jazz Festival, as Sony Music's PopMarket.com website presents Complete Album Collections on Columbia Records and RCA Records ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor

by Jack Bowers
November 8, 2011

From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

CTI Celebrates Kudu Legacy: Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Hank Crawford, Esther Phillips

by Chris May
November 2, 2011

CTI Masterworks' 40th anniversary reissue program has, until now, focused on producer Creed Taylor's primary label. Two multi-disc sets and 24 single discs have made available on CD cherished CTI LPs by artists such as trumpeters Chet Baker and Freddie Hubbard, saxophonists Paul Desmond and Stanley Turrentine, guitarists George Benson and Kenny Burrell, vibraphonist Milt Jackson ...

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Article: Interview

Jeremy Udden: Far From Plain

by R.J. DeLuke
October 17, 2011

Jeremy Udden is one of those outstanding working musicians on the scene in Brooklyn. A saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, he is--like so many musicians of his generation--influenced by a variety of things outside what is known as jazz, and his music reflects that. He's developed a band called Plainville that offers a different sound and feel. ...

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Article: Live Review

Eliane Elias: San Francisco, CA, September 16. 2011

by Grahame "Buzz" Ware
September 28, 2011

Eliane Elias Yoshi's San Francisco, CA September 16, 2011 Sometimes you can never anticipate a peak experience. Oh, sure there can be plenty of expectation and great intentions but when it comes, you're blown away and gone. This is what happened at Yoshi's, San Francisco, where Eliane Elias came as advertised, ...