50 Years of Dave Brubeck: Live at Monterey Jazz

Dave Brubeck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Monterey Jazz Fest
• ASIN: B001AKTZQE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This single-disc collection lets fans hear the Brubeck band evolve over their decades-long open invitation to one of the world's great festivals. Includes Two Part Contention; Someday My Prince Will Come; Take Five; Jumping Bean; I Got Rhythm; Margie , and more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why was this only one CD?, September 11, 2008

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Stuart Morris (COLLEGEVILLE, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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On the whole, this is an excellent CD. The one problem I had was that Take 5 sounds like it was recorded in a bathtub. The sound is muddy/distant and the mix is awful. Paul Desmond's sax is sometimes barely audible on Take Five. This is their signature song; What were they thinking when they mixed it for this CD? Which brings me to the decision to make it one CD. After 50 years at this Jazz Festival, they only found enough material for one CD? I don't get it.
Brubeck/Desmond/Wright/Morello are great, but they did a disservice to the public by releasing just one CD.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but not essential, December 30, 2008

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Beth C. (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 50 Years of Dave Brubeck: Live at Monterey Jazz (Audio CD)

Dave Brubeck has been one of the artists most essential to the success of the Monterey Jazz Festival, so the release of such a disk is appropriate. I would agree that there should be sufficient material for a two-disk set (and I wish they had included part of "The Real Ambassadors" and one of Brubeck's longer commissioned pieces). Yet this is still a good overview of Brubeck's many festival appearances and styles. The first three selections are with the classic Desmond/ Wright/ Morello quartet, while other selections feature his collaborations with Gerry Mulligan, his sons and one solo piano piece. The inclusion of "Take Five" is essential for any Brubeck collection. I was surprised at the occasional emphasis of drums over Desmond's saxophone in this piece, but it was interesting to hear a version that featured a piano solo by Brubeck.

Overall, it's an enjoyable, if not essential, CD for Brubeck fans.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For my dad, January 12, 2009

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J. Singer (La Quinta, CA) - See all my reviews
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This CD was a Christmas present for my dad. He is a big Brubeck fan and absolutely loved this album. I recommend it for anyone who is an old time jazz fan.