Dave Brubeck

Artist:  Dave Brubeck
Birth Name:  David Warren Brubeck
Born:  December 6, 1920.  Concord, California, USA
Died:  December 5, 2012 (Aged 91).  Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Genre:  Jazz. Cool Jazz West Coast Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Piano

Dave Brubeck was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer, and considered to be one of the foremost exponents of Cool Jazz.  His best remembered piece "Take Five", and one of the Top-Selling Jazz Album, Time Out in 1959 with Columbia Records.

Artist:  The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Title:  Brubeck Plays Bernstein  (2018)
Genre:  Jazz. Cool Jazz West Coast Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Label:  Essential Jazz Classics
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

New York, January 30 & February 14-17, 1960:

 1.  Allegro  (5:54)
 2.  Andante-Ballad  (5:12)
 3.  Adagio-Ballad  (4:50)
 4.  Allegro-Blues  (5:38)
 5.  Maria  (3:17)
 6.  I Feel Pretty  (5:11)
 7.  Somewhere  (4:16)
 8.  A Quiet Girl  (2:23)
 9.  Tonight  (3:46)

Bonus Tracks:  Jazz Impressions Of Japan, New York, January 31, & June 16-17, 1960:

10. Tokyo Traffic  (5:54)
11. Rising Sun  (4:43)
12. Toki's Theme  (2:10)
13. Fujiyama  (5:05)
14. Zen Is When  (2:55)
15. The City Is Crying   (6:03)
16. Osaka Blues  (5:11)
17. Koto Song  (3:01)

Personnel:

Dave Brubeck:  Piano
Paul Desmond:  Alto Saxophone
Eugene Wright:  Double Bass
Joe Morello:  Drums

Leonard Bernstein:  Conducting New York Philharmonic on Tracks:  1-4

Brubeck Plays Bernstein is a 1961 studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, originally released in 1961 by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on August 10, 2018 by Essential Jazz Classics, plus 8 Bonus Tracks.  Featuring Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello and Leonard Bernstein.