Yes! Yet another 'newly discovered' album from days of yore has turned up! This one is also particularly unique inasmuch as it is probably the only occasion when the Brubeck Quartet sans Paul Desmond took to the sage as a trio.
Desmond's going AWOL seemingly came about after a concert in Hamburg when Paul left to 'explore the town' and subsequently missed the following day's flight to Vienna - in fact he missed several flights giving Dave no alternative but to do the gig as a trio. What excuse he gave the audience for Desmond's non-appearance we don't know. Maybe he told them that the alto player had had to take five (Covid had yet to be invented).
However, cometh the hour cometh the man or, in this case, the trio who rose to the occasion magnificently.
Brubeck, proves himself to be worthy of the applause that follows each number, his technique encompassing the whole pantheon of jazz piano as it had evolved from the beginning of time to the then present (1967). Wright superb on bass and Morello demonstrating why, at the time, he was the drummer most highly regarded by his peers over all of the rest, combine to make this a most enjoyable 42 minutes.
Recommended. Lance
St. Louis Blues; One Moment Worth Years; Swanee River; La Paloma Azul; Someday my Prince Will Come; Take the A Train.
CD available April 14. LP available April 23.
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Well said. The album is full of so much color and spontaneous wit. And it's beautifully recorded and mastered on the LP. It's a positively riveting listen.
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