FANTASY RECORDS
Dave Brubeck Octet - Featuring Cal Tjader, Paul Desmond, David Van Kriedt, Dick Collins
Dave Brubeck Dave Brubeck Octet on LP
Featuring Paul Desmond, Cal Tjader, David Van Kriedt & Dick Collins
Dave Brubeck's early reputation was based on recordings for Fantasy with his trio and, soon after, the quartet sides with Paul Desmond. However, the octet he was involved with from 1946 has never been given its proper due. Desmond, trumpeter Dick Collins, tenor saxophonist Dave Van Kriedt, clarinetist Bill Smith, and Brubeck were heard in solo, but the emphasis is on the writing by Brubeck, Jack Weeks, and, particularly, the fugal inventions of Van Kriedt. Many of the writers involved, including, of course, Brubeck, were students of composer Darius Milhaud at the time. Some of these pieces were recorded in 1946, three years before the Miles Davis Nonet, and certainly ahead of their time.
Musicians:
Dave Brubeck (piano)
Paul Desmond (alto saxophone)
Cal Tjader (drums)
David Van Kriedt (tenor saxophone)
Dick Collins (trumpet)
William O. Smith (clarinet)
Jack Weeks (bass)
Bob Collins (baritone saxophone)
Track List
1. How High The Moon
2. Serenades Suite
3. Playland-At-The-Beach
4. Prisoners Song
5. Schizophrenic Scherzo
6. Rondo
7. I Hear A Rhapsody
8. You Go To My Head
9. Laura
10. Closing Theme
11. The Way You Look Tonight
12. Love Walked In
13. What Is This Thing Called Love
14. September In The Rain
15. Prelude
16. Fugue On Bop Themes
17. Let's Fall In Love
18. IPCA