Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Jeepers Creepers
2. Taking A Chance On Love
3. The Duke
4. Someday My Prince Will Come
5. Ode To A Cowboy
6. Thank You
7. Camptown Races
8. Gone With The Wind
9. Blue Rondo a la Turk
10. Take Five
11. Evenin'
Disc 2:
1. My One Bad Habit
2. Somewhere
3. Unsquare Dance
4. Summer Song
5. Something To Sing About
6. You Go To My Head (live at the Newport Jazz Festival)
7. Mr. Broadway (live)
8. Three To Get Ready (live)
9. Out Of Nowhere
10. St. Louis Blues
Title Rec. From Album Rel
1. Jeepers Creepers 10/12/54 Brubeck Time 2/14/55
2. Taking A Chance On Love 7/23/55 Red, Hot & Cool (live) 9/19/55
3. The Duke 4/19/56 Brubeck Plays Brubeck 7/16/56
4. Someday My Prince Will Come 6/30/57 Dave Digs Disney 12/30/57
5. Ode To A Cowboy 11/26/56 Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A 4/29/57
6. Thank You 8/23/58 Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia 10/28/58
7. Camptown Races 4/23/59 Gone With The Wind 8/1/60
8. Gone With The Wind 4/22/59 Gone With The Wind 8/1/60
9. Blue Rondo a la Turk 8/18/59 Time Out 12/14/59
10. Take Five 8/18/59 Time Out 12/14/59
11. Evenin' (vocal: Jimmy Rushing) 8/4/60 Brubeck & Rushing 12/12/60
Title Rec. From Album Rel
1. My One Bad Habit
(vocal: Carmen McRae) 12/19/61 The Real Ambassadors 8/27/62
2. Somewhere 2/14/60 Bernstein Plays Brubeck
Plays Bernstein 7/4/60
3. Unsquare Dance 6/8/61 Time Further Out 10/16/61
4. Summer Song
(vocal: Louis Armstrong) 9/13/61 The Real Ambassadors 8/27/62
5. Something To Sing About 6/25/64 Jazz Impressions Of New York 12/21/64
6. You Go To My Head
(live at the Newport Jazz Festival) 7/7/63 Time Out - Legacy Edition 5/26/09
7. Mr. Broadway (live) 5/14/67 Buried Treasures 10/20/98
8. Three To Get Ready (live) 12/26/67 previously unreleased 11/16/10
9. Out Of Nowhere (with Gerry Mulligan) 11/70 Live At The Berlin Philharmonie 5/11/73
10. St. Louis Blues
(with Gerry Mulligan) 11/70 Live At The
Berlin Philharmonie 5/11/73
Just in time for Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday celebration, Sony Legacy issues this double-disc compilation of tunes recorded between 1954 and 1970, beginning a year-long birthday campaign at the label and predating the screening of Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way, a documentary film whose executive producer is Clint Eastwood. (Another clebratory release, the Concord Music Group's the Definitive Dave Brubeck--also a double disc--covers the rest of his career before and after what is represented here.) Legacy of a Legend's 21 tunes were handpicked by the pianist. Of course his selections include favorites like "Take Five," "Blue Rondo à la Turk," "Jeepers Creepers," and his familiar takes on tunes from the movies and the theater, including "Gone with the Wind," and "Somewhere." Hardcore Brubeck fans will have almost everything here, but there is one previously unreleased cut, a live take of "Three to Get Ready" from the Dave Brubeck Quartet's final concert in 1967. That said, hearing this music assembled in this way offers startling proof of Brubeck's truly iconic genius for the musical depth and range he displays as a composer, arranger, and pianist, both live and in the studio. He revisits the haunting (and now legendary) "Thank You (Dziekuje)," recorded live in Poland with its gorgeous tribute to Chopin that is still provocative. The harmonic interplay between the pianist and Paul Desmond showcased on "Camptown Ladies" and "Something to Sing About" (to mention just two places) is furthered by the subtly insistent but utterly innovative rhythm section of Eugene Wright and Joe Morello. There are
Recording information: Basin Street, NY (04/19/1956); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (04/19/1956); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (04/19/1956); Los Angeles, CA (04/19/1956); Mexico City (04/19/1956); NY (04/19/1956); Oakland, CA (04/19/1956); Pittsburgh, PA (04/19/1956); Basin Street, NY (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Los Angeles, CA (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Mexico City (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); NY (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Oakland, CA (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Pittsburgh, PA (04/22/1959-04/23/1959); Basin Street, NY (05/14/1967); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (05/14/1967); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (05/14/1967); Los Angeles, CA (05/14/1967); Mexico City (05/14/1967); NY (05/14/1967); Oakland, CA (05/14/1967); Pittsburgh, PA (05/14/1967); Basin Street, NY (07/07/1963); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (07/07/1963); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (07/07/1963); Los Angeles, CA (07/07/1963); Mexico City (07/07/1963); NY (07/07/1963); Oakland, CA (07/07/1963); Pittsburgh, PA (07/07/1963); Basin Street, NY (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Los Angeles, CA (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Mexico City (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); NY (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Oakland, CA (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Pittsburgh, PA (10/12/1954-07/23/1955); Basin Street, NY (11/1970); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (11/1970); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (11/1970); Los Angeles, CA (11/1970); Mexico City (11/1970); NY (11/1970); Oakland, CA (11/1970); Pittsburgh, PA (11/1970); Basin Street, NY (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Los Angeles, CA (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Mexico City (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); NY (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Oakland, CA (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Pittsburgh, PA (11/26/1956-06/25/1964); Basin Street, NY (12/26/1967); Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (12/26/1967); Jazz Festival, Newport, R.I. (12/26/1967); Los Angeles, CA (12/26/1967); Mexico City (12/26/1967); NY (12/26/1967); Oakland, CA (12/26/1967); Pittsburgh, PA (12/26/1967).