Posts Tagged The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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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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March 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 567

The Dave Brubeck Quartet, At Carnegie Hall (1963) It’s funny, but Dave Brubeck (and particularly with his classic quartet) was instrumental (er, pardon the pun I guess) in my love of jazz – and yet, these days anyway, I hardly ever listen to him. Some beaut records, and this one sits high on the list […]

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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 […]