Dave Brubeck Quartet-Tangerine

Legacy/Columbia & Sony Music Corp. own all copyright info! From the album The Essence of Dave Brubeck.

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• Dave
• Brubeck
• Quartet
• jazz
• Paul
• Desmond
• Bob
• Bates
• Joe
• Dodge
• alto
• sax

[marleyfan008]

Awesometastic. I listen to this almost everyday. Where did you find the song?

[scrambledegg81]

@marleyfan008 This was on "The Essence of Dave Brubeck," popular series from Sony back in the '80s and '90s, but only available on CD.

[kocn53]

@scrambledegg81 This was recorded in Copenhagen in March, 1958, shortly after Gene Wright joined the group, and first appeared on an LP in that year entitled "The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe". That version had the section from about 4:00 to 4:35 edited out. It has since appeared on several different CDs. (One even got the sound right, with the alto on the right instead of the left channel.)  This has to be one of Paul Desmond's best performances ever.

[scrambledegg81]

@kocn53 Anyone that edits out Dave Brubeck should be drawn & quartered. :D

[Roboviewer]

@scrambledegg81 Actually, that Brubeck solo is pretty bad. I get

the impression that his studio solos were worked out beforehand

after listening to some of his live performances.

[scrambledegg81]

@Roboviewer I listened to an hour+ long NPR bit on Desmond some months ago. He was always a bit of a character, but from what I heard, his live stuff was absolutely prime up to the mid to late 60's when (going by medical judgment) the cancer may have taken root. Either way, I love this piece to no end. :)

[koibster]

Following Gene Wright's bass line is how I cut my musical teeth playing bass. One of the most unsung bassists ever. His work here on"Tangerine" is amazing.

[bassjackgruv]

Some of the best alto playing I've ever heard.

[mtgalto]

The most well thought out on the fly alto sax player that ever lived.

No other player could taulk with the cool deliberate foresight that Paul

Desmond let just spill out like a mountain stream.

[jeffthrow6892]

Wonderful stuff.........

[SuperBigHonk]

Couldn't disagree more about Brubeck's "pretty bad" solo. What he does rhythmically is so dramatic that even Morello is heard responding to it. His solo starts in a pretty standard fashion, though more melodic than usual for him. He then goes into that repeated, complex rhythm/harmonic pattern that knocks Morello into slightly speeding up the tempo to maintain equilibrium. Listen to the last few bars, then go to the beginning; there's a slight change in tempo. In short, Brubeck was brilliant.

[ALSPEHEIR]

DAT DOUBLE BASS!

[Hubcool367]

@bassjackgruv could never agree more with that

[NondasDervisis]

My great great grandfather composed this song, great to see such a wonderful musician playing his song.