As the Christmas season marches on, it's time for another variation of 'Desmond's Quotes'- Christmas Edition. This post focuses on the leader, Dave Brubeck, who was just as slick with the quotes and references as his friend Paul Desmond. And just like Desmond, he often used festive tunes as fodder for his own solos. This [...]
This record marked the fruitful beginning of both Gerry Mulligan's West Coast piano-less sound and the Pacific Jazz Records label. Both would do much to popularize the laid-back, more academic sound of jazz that blew in from the Coast. All of that began in 1952 with this album. The Music Tune: "Walkin' Shoes" Recorded: 15-16 [...]
It's A Raggy Waltz 