Dave Brubeck has long served as proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. Although critics who had championed him when he was unknown seemed to scorn him when the Dave Brubeck Quartet became a surprise success, in reality Brubeck never watered down or altered his music in order to gain a wide audience. Dave Brubeck remains one of the few household names in jazz. This 4CD set contains his work from the late '40s through to the mid '50s, and covers both extremes of his popularity - from his beginnings as an unknown musician through to his appearance on the front cover of Time magazine in 1954.

Time Was - Brubeck, Dave  

Disc 1

1. How High The Moon 6:50
2. Serenade's Suite 4:33
3. Playland-At-The-Beach 1:29
4. Prisoner's Song 1:04
5. Schizophrenic Scherzo 2:14
6. Rondo 1:30
7. I Hear A Rhapsody 2:15
8. You Go To My Head 3:00
9. Laura 2:09
10. Blue Moon 2:56
11. Tea For Two 2:46
12. Indiana 2:33
13. Laura 2:42
14. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 2:53
15. Lullaby In Rhythm 3:29
16. Singing In The Rain 2:35
17. I'll Remember April 3:21
18. Body And Soul 3:43
19. Let's Fall In Love 2:41
20. 'S Wonderful 2:40
21. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:42
22. Undecided 2:28
23. September Song 3:26
24. Spring Is Here 2:27
25. That Old Black Magic 2:37
26. Love Walked In 2:36
27. Ipca 2:40
28. What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:41

Disc 2

1. The Way You Look Tonight 3:00
2. September In The Rain 2:51
3. Prelude 2:14
4. Fugue On Bop Themes 2:42
5. Let's Fall In Love 2:22
6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:33
7. Squeeze Me 3:43
8. Too Marvelous For Words 3:08
9. How High The Moon 3:02
10. Heart And Soul 2:18
11. Always 2:46
12. Avalon 2:06
13. Perfidia 2:17
14. Crazy Chris 3:20
15. A Foggy Day 3:07
16. Lyon's Busy 3:12
17. Somebody Loves Me 3:18
18. At A Perfume Counter 2:52
19. Mam'selle 2:50
20. Me And My Shadow 2:26
21. Frenesi 2:34
22. Look For The Silver Lining 3:41
23. My Romance 2:34
24. I May Be Wrong 2:51
25. Just One Of Those Things 3:12
26. Lulu's Back In Town 2:20
27. On A Little Street In Singapore 2:39

Disc 3

1. All The Things You Are 3:18
2. Alice In Wonderland 3:33
3. Stardust 3:02
4. Over The Rainbow 5:02
5. You Go To My Head 7:49
6. Give A Little Whistle 2:37
7. Oh, Lady Be Good 4:14
8. This Can't Be Love 4:06
9. Tea For Two 6:55
10. Blue Moon 8:13
11. Let's Fall In Love 7:16
12. These Foolish Things 6:34
13. Perdido 7:49
14. Stardust 6:32

Disc 4

1. The Way You Look Tonight 7:44
2. How High The Moon 9:03
3. I Remember You 9:11
4. Out Of Nowhere 8:05
5. Le Souk 4:33
6. Balcony Rock 11:49
7. Take The 'A' Train 6:10
8. The Song Is You 5:38
9. Don't Worry 'Bout Me 8:46
10. I Want To Be Happy 6:34

DISCOGRAPHY







Dave Brubeck Octet: Dick Collins, tp; Bob Collins, tb; Bob Cummings, Paul Desmond, as; Dave Van Kriedt, ts; Bill Smith, cl, bs; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d; Jimmy Lyons, Narr (-1)

San Francisco, 1948/49



HOW HIGH THE MOON (-1)

SERENADEâ??S SUITE

PLAYLAND-AT-THE-BEACH

PRISONERâ??S SONG

SCHIZOPHRENIC SCHERZO

RONDO

I HEAR RHAPSODY

YOU GO TO MY HEAD

LAURA



Dave Brubeck Trio: Dave Brubeck,p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d, bgo,cga, vib.

San Francisco, September 1949



551 BLUE MOON

552 TEA FOR TWO

553 INDIANA

554 LAURA



Dave Brubeck Trio, Same personnel as above

San Francisco, March 1950



3006 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM

3008 LULLABY IN RHYTHM

3010 SINGING IN THE RAIN

3025 Iâ??LL REMEMBER APRIL

3039 BODY AND SOUL

3042 LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE



Dave Brubeck Trio, Same personnel as above

San Francisco, June 1950



6031 â??S WONDERFUL

6034 SWEET GORGIA BROWN

6037 UNDECIDED

6041 SEPTEMBER SONG

6043 SPRING IS HERE

6048 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC



Dave Brubeck Octet: Dick Collins, tp; Bob Collins, tb; Bill Smith, cl, bs, arr; Paul Desmond, as; Dave Van Kriedt, ts, arrp; Dave Brubeck, p, arr; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d

San Francisco, July 1950



7013 LOVE WALKED IN

7021 IPCA

7027 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?

7031 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

7036 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN

7042 PRELUDE

7047 FUGUE ON BOP THEMES

7052 LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE



Dave Brubeck Trio: Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d, bgo, cga, vib

San Francisco, October 1950



10004 I DIDNâ??T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS

10010 SQUEEZE ME

10020 TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS

10028 HOW HIGH THE MOON

10041 HEART AND SOUL



Dave Brubeck Trio; same personnel as above

San Francisco, November 1950



11010 ALWAYS

11015 AVALON

11036 PERFIDIA



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Fred Dutton, b; Herb Barman, d

San Francisco, August 1951



8127 CRAZY CHRIS

8130 A FOGGY DAY

8134 LYONâ??S BUSY

8137 SOMEBODY LOVES ME



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Herb Barman, d

San Francisco, November 1951



11103 AT A PERFUME COUNTER

11113 MAMâ??SELLE

11119 ME AND MY SHADOW

11133 FRENESI



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, s; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Lloyd Davis, d

San Francisco, September 1952



9204 LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING

9205 MY ROMANCE (PIANO SOLO)

9217 I MAY BE WRONG

9232 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS

9237 LULUâ??S BACK IN TOWN

9244 ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE

9252 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

9253 ALICE IN WONDERLAND

9339 STARDUST



*The liner notes on certain releases of these titles on the Fantasy label state that these titles were recorded between August 1951 and September 1952 - with Joe Dodge, d, on â??All the things you areâ? and Herb Barman, d, on â??Alice in Wonderlandâ?



Dave Brubeck Trio: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Lloyd Davis, d (-1)

Recorded Live, â??Storyvilleâ?, Boston, October 2, 1952



OVER THE RAINBOW

YOU GO TO MY HEAD

GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE (-1)

OH, LADY BE GOOD (-1)



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Herb Barman, d

Recorded live â??Surf Clubâ?, Los Angeles, October 1952



THIS CANâ??T BE LOVE



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Lloyd Davis, d

Recorded live, â??Surf Clubâ?, Los Angeles, February 1953



TEA FOR TWO

BLUE MOON

LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Lloyd Davis, d

Recorded live, Oberlin College, Ohio, March 2, 1953



THESE FOOLISH THINGS

PERDIDO

STARDUST

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

HOW HIGH THE MOON



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Joe Dodge, d

Recorded live, College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal., December 14, 1953



I REMEMBER YOU



Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Bob Bates, b; Joe Dodge, d.

Recorded live, University of Cincinnati Ohio, March 1954



CO 51323 OUT OF NOWHERE



Same personnel as above

Recorded live, Oberlin College, Ohio, March 1954



CO 51324 LE SOUK



Same personnel as above

Recorded live, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 1954



CO 51322 BALCONY ROCK

CO 51325 TAKE THE â??Aâ? TRAIN

CO 51326 THE SONG IS YOU

CO 51327 DONâ??T WORRY â??BOUT ME

CO 51328 I WANT TO BE HAPPY