Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | January 30 – February 14, 1960 | |||
Genre | Cool jazz, West Coast jazz | |||
Length | 41:23 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein is a 1961 studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.[2] Its title refers to the fact that it consists of both a Brubeck composition conducted by Leonard Bernstein (though the "Brubeck" there is Howard Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's brother) and Bernstein compositions played by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The title is also an echo of Dave Brubeck's 1956 solo debut album, Brubeck Plays Brubeck.
The whole first side of the album consists of the composition "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra", composed by Howard Brubeck and performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. The second side consists of arrangements of five songs from the musicals West Side Story and Wonderful Town, whose music was written by Bernstein.
Overview
The album started to take shape when "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra" was premiered at a New York Philharmonic series on December 10, 11 and 13, 1959, with Leonard Bernstein conducting.[3] This was considered at the time to be an early, successful jazz/classical crossover project – similar to those that had already been initiated by the Modern Jazz Quartet, Gunther Schuller and their peers in the study of what Schuller termed "Third Stream" music.
The Dialogues
"In this work an attempt is made to construct a score giving the orchestra an important part to play which adheres strictly to written notes, while the particular combination, or 'combo', of jazz instruments, is free to improvise on the material of the movement..." —Howard Brubeck (Original LP liner notes)
Track listing
On the original vinyl LP record:
Side A
- "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (Allegro)" – 6:55
- "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (Andante-Ballad)" – 5:13
- "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (Adagio-Ballad)" – 4:46
- "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (Allegro-Blues)" – 5:34
Side B
- "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:16
- "I Feel Pretty" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 5:06
- "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 4:13
- "A Quiet Girl" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 2:23
- "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:48
Personnel
The Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra was composed by Howard Brubeck; the other selections were composed by Leonard Bernstein.
- Musical
- Dave Brubeck – piano
- Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
- Eugene Wright – double bass
- Joe Morello – drums
- Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic
References
- v
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- Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956)
- Plays and Plays and... (1957)
- Just You, Just Me (1994)
- A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
- One Alone (2000)
- Dave Brubeck Octet (1950)
- Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)
- Brubeck à la mode (1960)
- Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, 1961)
- The Real Ambassadors (with Louis Armstrong, 1962)
- Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)
- Time In (1966)
- Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)
- Jackpot! (1968)
- Two Generations of Brubeck (1973)
- Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974)
- 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
- Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
- 5079 Brubeck