Bravo Brubeck (Reis) [Original recording remastered]

Dave Brubeck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1967
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DFSC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Perhaps no other jazz artist has used the live album to his advantage more so than Brubeck. His series of college recordings in the early 1950s launched his career in full, and by the time his quartet performed these Mexican concerts in 1967, they were in the twilight of one of jazz's most successful runs. Delivering a repertoire of Mexican pop and folk standards (plus one Latin-tinged original), Brubeck mostly shows his softer melodic side, trading in his more intense, agitated ideas for hightened elements of beauty and swing. His dialogue with Mexican guitarist Chamin Correa on "Sobre Las Olas" is delightfully bright. Of course, Paul Desmond's alto work always tended toward the lighthearted; it's elegantly fragile (over Rabito Agueros's most delicate bongos) on "La Paloma Azul" and wonderfully frisky on "Estrellita." Brubeck and Desmond lay out for the fan favorite "Alla En El Rancho Grande," but Brubeck returns for a furious reading of "La Bamba," propelled by the percussion team of Rabito and Joe Morello. The timeless material, guest musicians, and above all, the fertility of the Brubeck Quartet make this Latin bit a success. --Marc Greilsamer

Product Description

Japanese Limited Edition featuring an LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ole'...Ole'!!, November 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bravo Brubeck (Reis) (Audio CD)

I would give this album a 6 star rating if it was possible! Beginning with the bright& happy rendering of "Cielito Lindo",through the cheerful,"Over The Waves", that makes you feel like you are sailing across the ocean on a sun-brightened afternoon,to the climatic,high-energy "La Bamba",with it's exciting back & forth exchanges between Brubeck,Morello & Agueros,EVERY song is splendid!
Even the chronology of the songs is nice,interjecting songs like Brubeck's beautiful arrangement of "La Paloma Azul",right
where it gives you a chance to let your adrenalin subside briefly,(along with platforming Paul Desmond's magnificent gifts),prior to launching you into another up-tempo number.
The only fault I find with this album is it's irresistable power to compel a non-dancer like myself to attempt to get up and tango,(or mambo or cha cha cha?)around the room each time I hear "Nostalgia de Mexico"!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo! Brubeck is Brilliant!, September 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bravo Brubeck (Reis) (Audio CD)

I bought this LP back in the early '70s not knowing anything about jazz or Mexican music. I guess it was the cover that charmed me into buying it on a whim. It has opened a world for me and I am forever glad.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not enough stars for this album..., February 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bravo Brubeck (Reis) (Audio CD)

To me, the whole story started in the small city of Na-Trang, Vietnam, in 93. I was crossing town, little girls were singing the sweet melody of Besame Mucho in their karaokes...

These pictures flashed back when I listened to the last CD of Diana Krall (The look of love - by the way not barely as good as when I look in your eyes). I looked for other interpretations of Besame Mucho and this is how I came to know this recording.

The tandem Brubeck/Desmond works perfectly - Adrenalin rushed strong when I listened to "La Paloma Azul", "Nostalgia de Mexico". The rest of the album is just very good.

A real treasure...