Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live at Midem 1983 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, July 22nd 1982, this live album sees Dave Brubeck (piano), Bill Smith (clarinet), Randy Jones (drums) and Chris Brubeck (bass) showcase some truly great performances across an array of classic jazz compositions including 'Big Bad Basie', 'Take Five' and 'Blue Rondo à la Turk'. Trackllisting 1. Tritonis 2. Koto Song 3. Open the Gates (Out of the Way of the People) 4. Big Bad Basie 5. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue 6. Take Five 7. Benjamin Christopher David Brubeck 8. Blue Rondo à la Turk

Eight years before the whole world got to know them (via Take Five), Brubeck and saxophonist Paul Desmond display otherworldly telepathy on this 1953 LP. The college crowd reacts with fervid glee as they play These Foolish Things; Perdido; Stardust; the Way You Look Tonight, and How High the Moon. A live-jazz classic!

The Dave Brubeck Quartet suddenly became a Trio for this Vienna concert when, after the previous evening's concert in Hamburg, Paul Desmond went out and never made his plane to Austria. While Paul's lyricism was missed, Dave, Gene, and Joe's playing was incredibly strong, high energy & swinging. To the Brubeck family's knowledge, this is the only recording of Dave, Gene & Joe as a Trio.