Dave Brubeck: Time Was (Proper, 1948-1954).

Proper PROPERBOX 90 (2005). 

Disque 1: Playland-At-The-Beach: 

Dave Brubeck Octet

Dick Collins (trompette), Bob Collins (trombone), Bob Cummings, Paul Desmond (saxophones alto), Dave Van Kriedt (saxophone ténor), Bill Smith (clarinette, saxophone baryton), Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Cal Tjader (batterie), Jimmy Lyons (narrateur sur 1). San Francisco, 1948/49.

1. How High the Moon (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) 6:50

2. Serenade's Suite (Dave Van Kriedt) 4:33

3. Playland-at-the-Beach (Dave Brubeck) 1:29

4. Prisoner's Song (Guy Massey) 1:04

5. Schizophrenic Scherzo (Bill Smith) 2:14
6. Rondo (Dave Brubeck) 1:30

7. I Hear a Rhapsody (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Richard Bard, Dick Gasparre) 2:15

8. You Go to My Head (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) 3:00

9. Laura (David Raskin, Johnny Mercer) 2:09

Dave Brubeck Trio

Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Cal Tjader (batterie, bongos, conga, vibraphone). San Francisco, septembre 1949. 

10. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 2:56

11. Tea For Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) 2:46

12. Indiana (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) 2:33

13. Laura (David Raskin, Johnny Mercer) 2:42

Les mêmes. San Francisco, mars 1950. 

14. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) 2:53

15. Lullaby in Rhythm (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Clarence Profit) 3:29

16. Singing in the Rain (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) 2:35

17. I'll Remember April (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) 3:21

18. Body and Soul (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) 3:43

19. Let's Fall in Love (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 2:41

Les mêmes. San Francisco, juin 1950. 

20. 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:40

21. Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) 2:42

22. Undecided (Charlie Shavers, Sid Robin) 2:28

23. September Song (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) 3:26

24. Spring is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 2:27

25. That Old Black Magic (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) 2:37

Dave Brubeck Octet

Dick Collins (trompette), Bob Collins (trombone), Bill Smith (clarinette, saxophone baryton, arrangements), Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Van Kriedt (saxophone ténor, arrangements), Dave Brubeck (piano, arrangements), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Cal Tjader (batterie). San Francisco, juillet 1950. 

26. Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:36
27. IPCA (Bill Smith) 2:40

28. What is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) 2:41

Disque 2: Lyon's Busy: 

(suite de la session)

1. The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) 3:00

2. September in the Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) 2:51

3. Prelude (Dave Van Kriedt) 2:14

4. Fugue on Bop Themes (Dave Van Kriedt) 2:42

5. Let's Fall in Love (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) 2:22

Dave Brubeck Trio

Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Cal Tjader (batterie, bongos, conga, vibraphone). San Francisco, octobre 1950. 

6. I Didn't Know What Time it Was (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 2:33

7. Squeeze Me (Clarence Williams, Fats Waller) 3:45

8. Too Marvelous For Words (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting) 3:08

9. How High the Moon (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) 3:02

10. Heart and Soul (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) 2:18

Les mêmes. San Francisco, novembre 1950. 

11. Always (Irving Berlin) 2:46

12. Avalon (Vincent Rose, Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson) 2:06

13. Perfidia (Alberto Dominguez) 2:17

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Fred Dutton (contrebasse), Herb Barman (batterie). San Francisco, août 1951. 

14. Crazy Chris (Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck) 3:20

15. A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 3:07

16. Lyon's Busy (Dave Brubeck) 3:12

17. Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) 3:18

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Wyatt Ruther (contrebasse), Herb Barman (batterie). San Francisco, novembre 1951. 

18. At a Perfume Counter (Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie) 2:52

19. Mam'selle (Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon) 2:50

20. Me and My Shadow (Billy Rose, Al Jolson, Dave Dreyer) 2:26

21. Frenesi (Alberto Dominguez) 2:34

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Wyatt Ruther (contrebasse), Lloyd Davis (batterie). San Francisco, septembre 1952.

22. Look for the Silver Lining (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva) 3:41

23. My Romance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 2:34

24. I May Be Wrong (Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin) 2:51

25. Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) 3:12

26. Lulu's Back in Town (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) 2:20

27. On a Little Street in Singapore (Billy Hill, Peter DeRose) 2:39

Disque 3: These Foolish Things: 

(suite de la session)

1. All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) 3:18

2. Alice in Wonderland (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) 3:33

3. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) 3:02

Dave Brubeck Trio

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Lloyd Davis (batterie sur 6 et 7). Storyville, Boston, 2 octobre 1952. 

4. Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y, Harburg) 5:02

5. You Go to My Head (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) 7:49

6. Give a Little Whistle (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) 2:37

7. Oh, Lady Be Good (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 4:14

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Wyatt Ruther (contrebasse), Herb Barman (batterie). Surf Club, Los Angeles, octobre 1952. 

8. This Can't Be Love (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 4:06

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Lloyd Davis (batterie). Surf Club, Los Angeles, février 1953. 

9. Tea For Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) 6:55

10. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 8:13

11. Let's Fall in  Love (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) 7:16

Les mêmes. Oberlin College, Ohio, 2 mars 1953. 

12. These Foolish Things (Holt Marvell, Harry Link, Jack Strachey) 6:34

13. Perdido (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengfelder, Ervin Drake) 7:49

14. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) 6:32

Disque 4: Balcony Rock: 

(suite de la session)

1. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) 7:44

2. How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) 9:03

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Ron Crotty (contrebasse), Joe Dodge (batterie). College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal., 14 décembre 1953. 

3. I Remember You (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) 9:11

Paul Desmond (saxophone alto), Dave Brubeck (piano), Bob Bates (contrebasse), Joe Dodge (batterie). University of Cincinnati Ohio, mars 1954. 

4. Out of Nowhere (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) 8:05

Les mêmes. Oberlin College, Ohio, mars 1954. 

5. Le Souk (Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond) 4:33

Les mêmes. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, mars 1954. 

6. Balcony Rock (Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond) 11:49

7. Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) 6:10

8. The Song is You (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 5:38
9. Don't Worry 'bout Me (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom) 8:46
10. I Want to Be Happy (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) 6:34

Compilé et produit par, notes de pochette: Joop Visser. 

Remasterisation digitale par Peter Rynston à Tall Order Mastering. 

Design par Raven Design. 

Photographies gracieuseté de la Frank Driggs Collection/Symil. 

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