CD review: The Dave Brubeck Quartet With Paul Desmond – Live In Indiana 1958 – 2021: Video, CD cover

Fingerpoppin’ Records The Dave Brubeck Quartet With Paul Desmond / Live In Indiana 1958 Limited Edition Audiophile Pressing – 180gr. Premium Vinyl

Following the year-long world tour set up by the State Department, The Dave Brubeck Quartet returned to the United States in 1958 full of new ideas. The group had played in England, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, and the music they heard in those places would inspire Brubeck to compose the pieces that would be featured on the album Jazz Impressions of Eurasia. A few days before taping that studio album, the group performed most of its tunes in Indiana, during the French Lick Jazz Festival, a set heard here in its entirety. A wonderful performance by the same group at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival and a rare live reading of the classic “Take Five” have been added as a bonus. PAUL DESMOND, alto sax; DAVE BRUBECK, piano; EUGENE WRIGHT, bass; JOE MORELLO, drums. Recorded live at the French Lick Jazz Festival, Indiana, August 17, 1958.

1. Nomad (Dave Brubeck / Lola Dave Brubeck) 8:08
02. Thank You (Dziekuje) ( Dave Brubeck) 6:24
03. The Golden Horn (Dave Brubeck) 6:45
04. Brandenburg Gate (Dave Brubeck) 7:56
05. Sounds of the Loop (Dave Brubeck) 7:49
06. Swanee River (Stephen Foster) 7:14 (*)
07. Southern Scene (Dave Brubeck) 6:40 (*)
08. I’m in a Dancing Mood (Al Goodhart / Al Hoffman / Maurice Sigler) 3:14 (*)
09. Dialogues for Jazz Comboand Orchestra – Adagio [Quartet version] 6:33 (*)
10. Blue Rondo a la Turk (Dave Brubeck) 8:51 (*)
121. Take Five (Paul Desmond) 5:22 (*)

Paul Desmond – alto sax
Dave Brubeck – piano
Eugene Wright – bass
Joe Morello – drums

Live at the French Lick Jazz Festival, Indiana, August 17, 1958.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
[6-10]: Same personnel. Live at the Newport Jazz Festival,
Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960.
[11]: Same personnel. Live in New York, June 1961.