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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dave Brubeck: Lullabies

Dave Brubeck Lullabies Verve This is Dave Brubeck’s final album – released just now, but recorded a decade ago. It’s a set of charming-enough lullabies, the real weight of them can be measured by the wait I guess – and the timing now of release; early next month it is the jazz legend’s centenary so […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 100, Album Review, Centenary, Covers, Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck: Lullabies, Instrumental, Jazz, Lullabies, Lullaby, Originals, Piano, posthumous, Solo, Standards, Verve, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…

Drum Solos! – wait, come back! You don’t often hear people crying out for more drum solos, or any drum solos. Even a lot of drummers hate drum solos. But sometimes you see and hear something special. And sometimes the drum solo – or an extended break – is, I dunno, “musical”, and exciting. Well, […]
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April 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 914

Dave Brubeck, Take Five (1979) It was only recently that I realised I owned a few more Dave Brubeck LPs than I perhaps though. And I’m not talking that many – half a dozen, maybe just under, slightly less. A small handful. A good amount – the perfect amount perhaps. But for a while there […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Blue Rondo a la Turk, Compilation, Dave Brubeck, Jazz, LP, Record, Take Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Vinyl Countdown # 914, Vinyl ·

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