Last Set at Newport [Import, Live]

Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B000002I67
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #472,662 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction by Father Norman O'Connor

2. Blues For Newport

3. Take Five

4. Open the Gates Out of the Way of the People

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Set - the best for last, April 23, 2000

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Alex White (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Set at Newport (Audio CD)

When I first bought this CD, I was disappointed due to the fact that it only plays for just over 35 minutes. However, if is now my favourite. The quartet is in full swing in this recording displaying enormous energy to every piece. The three pieces are explored in the solos to a significant length and it is this element that makes this CD so appealing. This is not a CD for a mellow night at home. Rather it will get your heart pumping.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing stuff!, February 4, 2005

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Herr Tarquin Biskuitfaß "aka Tarquin F'tang F... (Luton) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Set at Newport (Audio CD)

The intensity of Brubeck's playing is amazing and I find the sound quality very flattering to his pianistic style. The liner notes state that he was quite nervous before going out, and this energy is transformed in beautiful ways on stage. The Quartet cooks and know how to play with fire without getting burned in the process.

The CD only has 3 tracks and the journey is too brief at just over half an hour, but I'd rather have 35 minutes of music like this than 70 minutes of mediocre tracks. I consider it a must-have CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brubeck Does Acid-Jazz, July 22, 2002

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Steven R. Seim "Steve Seim" (Beaver Dam, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Set at Newport (Audio CD)

"Last Set at Newport" is a short but interesting Brubeck release. Of special note is the extended version of "Take Five," on which Gerry Mulligan reinterprets the sax part into a gritty acid-jazz. Not essential, but worthwhile nonetheless.