(Back Home Again In) Indiana - Dave Brubeck, Hanley, James F.
Body and Soul - Dave Brubeck, Eyton, Frank
Undecided - Dave Brubeck, Robin, Sydney
The Way You Look Tonight - Dave Brubeck, Fields, Dorothy
Look for the Silver Lining - Dave Brubeck, DeSylva, Buddy
Over the Rainbow - Dave Brubeck, Arlen, Harold
Perdido - Dave Brubeck, Drake, Ervin
Le Souk
Stompin' for Mili
The Duke
Two-Part Contention
In Your Own Sweet Way
History of a Boy Scout (We Crossed the Rhine)
Someday My Prince Will Come - Dave Brubeck, Churchill, Frank
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
Tangerine - Dave Brubeck, Mercer, Johnny
Jump for Joy - Dave Brubeck, Ellington, Duke
The Golden Horn
Marble Arch
Georgia on My Mind - Dave Brubeck, Carmichael, Hoagy
Three to Get Ready
Blue Rondo a la Turk
Strange Meadowlark
Take Five - Dave Brubeck, Desmond, Paul
Darktown Strutters' Ball - Dave Brubeck, Brooks, Shelton
Offshoot - Dave Brubeck, Smith, William O. [
There'll Be Some Changes Made - Dave Brubeck, Higgins, Billy [2]
Track Listings (19) - Disc #3
Allegro Blues - Dave Brubeck, Brubeck, Howard
Somewhere - Dave Brubeck, Bernstein, Leonard
Weep No More
Charles Matthew Hallelujah
Unsquare Dance
Why Phillis - Dave Brubeck, Wright, Eugene
Kathy's Waltz
Travelin' Blues
Summer Song
The Real Ambassadors
Non-Sectarian Blues - Dave Brubeck, Mingus, Charles
Bossa Nova U.S.A.
It's a Raggy Waltz
The World's Fair
Fujiyama
Upstage Rumba
Little Man with a Candy Cigar - Dave Brubeck, Dennis, Matt [1]
My Favorite Things - Dave Brubeck, Hammerstein, Oscar
Lost Waltz
Track Listings (13) - Disc #4
I Get a Kick out of You - Dave Brubeck, Porter, Cole
Koto Song
La Paloma Azul (The Blue Dove) - Dave Brubeck, Traditional
Estrellita (Little Star) - Dave Brubeck, Ponce, Manuel
Forty Days
Sapito - Dave Brubeck, Mulligan, Gerry
Recuerdo
St. Louis Blues - Dave Brubeck, Handy, W.C.
Mr. Broadway
Caravan - Dave Brubeck, Ellington, Duke
Tritonis [#]
Benjamin
Stardust - Dave Brubeck, Carmichael, Hoagy
With material from 1946 to 1991, this handsome box set reveals the enormous breadth of Brubeck's interests, accomplishments, and collaborations. There are tracks, for example, with Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Rushing, Gerry Mul... more »ligan, and Carmen McRae. There's even a duo with Charles Mingus. Also here is the full range of Brubeck's studied structures, involved harmonies, and elements unusual to jazz, including expansive time signatures and the use of fugue form and 12-tone theory. Included, of course, are such signature hits as "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take Five." Brubeck came up playing hillbilly, swing, and Dixieland, and at college studied modern composition. All of that--and little constraint--informed his complex, idiosyncratic style. The package includes an 80-page booklet with his biography, rare photographs, and descriptions of every track. --Peter Monaghan« less
With material from 1946 to 1991, this handsome box set reveals the enormous breadth of Brubeck's interests, accomplishments, and collaborations. There are tracks, for example, with Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Rushing, Gerry Mulligan, and Carmen McRae. There's even a duo with Charles Mingus. Also here is the full range of Brubeck's studied structures, involved harmonies, and elements unusual to jazz, including expansive time signatures and the use of fugue form and 12-tone theory. Included, of course, are such signature hits as "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and "Take Five." Brubeck came up playing hillbilly, swing, and Dixieland, and at college studied modern composition. All of that--and little constraint--informed his complex, idiosyncratic style. The package includes an 80-page booklet with his biography, rare photographs, and descriptions of every track. --Peter Monaghan
"IF YOU LIKE BRUBECK, YOU WILL FIND THIS BOX SET ENJOYABLE. IT INCLUDES SETS FROM HIS BEGINNING UNTIL THE PRESENT. THE TEXT MATERIAL IS VERY GOOD AND GIVES A GOOD BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND MUSIC.THE MUSIC IS TAKEN FROM HIS MANY ALBUMS AND CONCERTS IN THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD. I PARTICULARY LIKED THE MUSIC FROM "JAZZ GOES TO COLLEGE" AND HIS MEXICAN CONCERTS IN MEXICO CITY AND PUEBLA.IT IS A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF HIS MUSIC OVER THE YEARS AND THE FIDELITY AND DIGITAL MIXING IS VERY GOOD."
Varied and satisfying compilation
01/12/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I found this box set to be a fabulous retrospective of Brubeck's long career. The booklet offers Brubeck's insights into each selection that reflect his humor and affection for his fellow artists. Fifty dollars well spent."