Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective

Dave Brubeck

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Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective Review

by Scott Yanow

This four-CD boxed set does a near-perfect job of summing up Dave Brubeck's extensive recorded legacy. Drawing its recordings from not only Columbia but Fantasy, Atlantic and Music Masters, the attractive package also includes an extensive booklet written by Doug Ramsey that can serve as a mini-biography. The focus is naturally on the Brubeck Quartet with altoist Paul Desmond but there is also music from before and after their association, even including one otherwise unissued performance, a remarkable polytonal polyrhythmic version of "Tritonis." Although completists will prefer to acquire Dave Brubeck's individual releases, this set is perfect for those just beginning to explore the magic of his music.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Curtain Music (Closing Theme) Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	00:34	Spotify Amazon
2	(Back Home Again In) Indiana James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald	Dave Brubeck	02:36	Spotify Amazon
3	Body and Soul Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour	Dave Brubeck	03:46	Spotify Amazon
4	Undecided Sydney Robin / Charlie Shavers	Dave Brubeck	02:30	Spotify Amazon
5	The Way You Look Tonight Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern	Dave Brubeck	03:02	Spotify Amazon
6	Look for the Silver Lining Buddy DeSylva / Jerome Kern	Dave Brubeck	03:44	Spotify Amazon
7	Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Dave Brubeck	05:07	Spotify Amazon
8	Perdido Ervin Drake / Hans Lengsfelder / Juan Tizol	Dave Brubeck	07:50
9	Le Souk Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond	Dave Brubeck	04:39	Spotify Amazon
10	Stompin' for Mili Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond	Dave Brubeck	05:22	Spotify Amazon
11	The Duke Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:48	Spotify Amazon
12	Two-Part Contention Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:41	Spotify Amazon
13	In Your Own Sweet Way Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	08:43	Spotify Amazon
14	History of a Boy Scout (We Crossed the Rhine) Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	04:36	Spotify Amazon
15	Someday My Prince Will Come Frank Churchill / Larry Morey	Dave Brubeck	08:17	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Tangerine Johnny Mercer / Victor Schertzinger	Dave Brubeck	10:24	Spotify Amazon
2	Jump for Joy Duke Ellington / Sid Kuller / Paul Francis Webster	Dave Brubeck	05:29	Spotify Amazon
3	The Golden Horn Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:04	Spotify Amazon
4	Marble Arch Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	07:01	Spotify Amazon
5	Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell	Dave Brubeck	06:40	Spotify Amazon
6	Three to Get Ready Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:25	Spotify Amazon
7	Blue Rondo a la Turk Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	06:46	Spotify Amazon
8	Strange Meadowlark Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	07:26	Spotify Amazon
9	Take Five Paul Desmond	Dave Brubeck	05:26	Spotify Amazon
10	Darktown Strutters' Ball Shelton Brooks	Dave Brubeck	01:40	Spotify Amazon
11	Offshoot William O. Smith	Dave Brubeck	02:40	Spotify Amazon
12	There'll Be Some Changes Made Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet	Dave Brubeck	02:06	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Allegro Blues Howard Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:36	Spotify Amazon
2	Somewhere Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim	Dave Brubeck	04:18	Spotify Amazon
3	Weep No More Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:51	Spotify Amazon
4	Charles Matthew Hallelujah Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:53	Spotify Amazon
5	Unsquare Dance Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:03	Spotify Amazon
6	Why Phillis Eugene Wright	Dave Brubeck	02:19	Spotify Amazon
7	Kathy's Waltz Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	03:03	Spotify Amazon
8	Travelin' Blues Dave Brubeck / Iola Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:52	Spotify Amazon
9	Summer Song Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	03:17	Spotify Amazon
10	The Real Ambassadors Dave Brubeck / Iola Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	03:10	Spotify Amazon
11	Non-Sectarian Blues Charles Mingus	Dave Brubeck	03:45	Spotify Amazon
12	Bossa Nova U.S.A. Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:26	Spotify Amazon
13	It's a Raggy Waltz Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	06:39	Spotify Amazon
14	The World's Fair Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:46	Spotify Amazon
15	Fujiyama Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:04	Spotify Amazon
16	Upstage Rumba Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	04:11	Spotify Amazon
17	Little Man with a Candy Cigar Matt Dennis / F. Killduff	Dave Brubeck	03:36	Spotify Amazon
18	My Favorite Things Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers	Dave Brubeck	02:57	Spotify Amazon
19	Lost Waltz Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	03:52	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	I Get a Kick out of You Cole Porter	Dave Brubeck	05:18	Spotify Amazon
2	Koto Song Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	08:06
3	La Paloma Azul (The Blue Dove) Traditional	Dave Brubeck	06:21	Spotify Amazon
4	Estrellita (Little Star) Manuel Ponce	Dave Brubeck	04:54	Spotify Amazon
5	Forty Days Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	07:26
6	Sapito Gerry Mulligan	Dave Brubeck	03:10
7	Recuerdo Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	05:21
8	St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy	Dave Brubeck	06:37	Spotify Amazon
9	Mr. Broadway Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	02:46	Spotify Amazon
10	Caravan Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol	Dave Brubeck	04:14
11	Tritonis Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	07:59	Spotify Amazon
12	Benjamin Dave Brubeck	Dave Brubeck	03:49	Spotify Amazon
13	Stardust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish	Dave Brubeck	05:23	Spotify Amazon