{"product_id":"dave-brubeck-quartet-debut-in-the-netherlands-1958","title":"DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET -  DEBUT IN THE NETHERLANDS 1958","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wO2hxjl_ND0?si=hTl3o9tIc_pKOdIG\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Two Part Contention\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTwo Part Contention\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O1eF75oLPx4?si=VEVi8vVUpRtFXyuO\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Someday My Prince Will Come\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSomeday My Prince Will Come\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3QVB7tMSYd4?si=g1ITSpDVwTrfN2Ib\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"These Foolish Things\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThese Foolish Things\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CZk14lcRfog?si=GKpKbpw6pWJDsAOX\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"One Moment Worth Years\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eOne Moment Worth Years\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oAOzIp7UC9A?si=ZhMNlKDwmWW7gSVB\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For All We Know\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFor All We Know\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E-Vb6J61SnA?si=ngX88GYsXDFBu2um\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watusi Drums\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eWatusi Drums\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5ozZ3dQF4_I?si=mXfVJ3do7SWBrwta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Wright Groove\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Wright Groove\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vYpXSahPMQ0?si=QhCHvCy5PmS40eo3\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Duke\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Duke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VAtnwU-egDI?si=L44DhuLEAphhuyNS\" target=\"_blank\" title='Take the \"A\" Train (incomplete)' rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTake the \"A\" Train (incomplete)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the support of the American State Department, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, including new members Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, began a major tour of Europe early in 1958. Their first concert in the Netherlands was held on February 26 in the legendary Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam, usually reserved for performances of classical music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1951 and the collaboration between Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, the band had gained a stunning reputation. In 1954, Dave Brubeck was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Rumor has it that Duke Ellington knocked on Brubeck's hotel door to congratulate him. Brubeck is said to have responded, \"It should have been you.\" He dedicated one of his most famous pieces, \"The Duke,\" included on this album, to his fellow pianist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat winter evening of 1958, the four American musicians, all in their late thirties, took the stage of the Concertgebouw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicture the packed auditorium murmuring expectantly, and four musicians overcome with stage fright yet eager to perform. After some timid applause, Desmond kicked off with the melancholy, sophisticated theme of \"Two Part Contention.\" The piano came in, sounding out a counter-melody that revealed Brubeck's classical training and knowledge of counterpoint, acquired when he studied under Milhaud and Schoenberg. He had an inventiveness that was not only melodic but also rhythmic, and he knew how to win over an audience. This was followed by a Disney piece, \"Someday, My Prince Will Come\" introduced by the piano, three years before the great Miles Davis brought out his eponymous album. They continued with a 1930s standard, \"These Foolish Things\", by Jack Strachey, a song that had helped make Ella Fitzgerald famous. Paul led the show in his flowing, ethereal style, with sporadic brassy, dissonant contrasts, proving — if proof were needed — his consummate skills in harmonic phrasing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe saxophone then announced the theme of \"One Moment Worth Years.\" Eugene, who liked to be called \"the Senator,\" seemed to lead the private dialogue with an unseen hand, dexterous and sensitive. In the same vein, they led on with \"For All We Know\" — to thunderous applause. It was now Joe's turn to take the limelight. When he played \"Watusi Drums,\" the audience discovered an exceptional drummer who had started out as a virtuoso violinist: 15 years previously, he had been playing Mendelssohn's Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After hearing Jascha Heifetz, he decided he could never reach the maestro's heights and switched to drums. The band went on to play \"The Wright Groove,\" a short piece written by Eugene. The concert concluded with \"The Duke,\" a tribute to Ellington, and then a superb rendition of \"Take the A-Train,\" a 1940s classic and the hallmark piece of Ellington's orchestra, played here in a whirlwind of energy and innovative rhythms. With their rhythmic patterns, interspersed with one or two bursts of resounding laughter, the musicians displayed the creative spirit that was to result in the legendary album Time Out a year later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, the original tape comes to a halt before the end of this piece could be recorded. Nevertheless, we have chosen to retain the surviving part to bear witness to the groundbreaking creativity then bubbling under the surface in this exceptional quartet's timeless art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concert inaugurated a triumphant career in Europe. It announced, loud and clear, the communicative enthusiasm that was the lasting hallmark of these four exceptional musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oceanic Sounds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45759305711716,"sku":null,"price":9990.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/2965\/0020\/files\/ATLR_2204043__173206__11082022013945-3658.jpg?v=1745487274","url":"https:\/\/oceanicsound.co.in\/products\/dave-brubeck-quartet-debut-in-the-netherlands-1958","provider":"Oceanic Sound and Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}