Ralph J. Gleason's
Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck
Featuring Paul Desmond
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Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck Featuring Paul Desmond |
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Ralph J. Gleason From Rhino Records: “When Ralph Gleason asked Dave Brubeck to appear on his television series
Jazz Casual, in 1961, it was only natural; not only was the Dave Brubeck
Quartet one of the most popular jazz combos in the world at that time
and a favorite at clubs in San Francisco, but both Dave Brubeck and his
featured alto sax player Paul Desmond were Bay Area natives (Brubeck was
born in Concord, Desmond in Berkeley). This episode features the quartet
performing Paul Desmond’s 1961 jazz classic ‘Take Five.’ This lineup of
the quartet, with Brubeck on piano, Desmond on alto sax, ‘Senator’ Eugene
Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums, was considered by many, including
Gleason and Brubeck, himself, to be the best of the Brubeck Quartet lineups
to date.” Dave Brubeck/Piano
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