Jazz for aficionados

Hello frogman hope you are enjoying the summer so far.

As a "casual listener" of Brubeck I was wondering if you own the great album Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall 1963.

Morello drum solo (over 10 minutes) Castilian Drums is a long standing favorite of mine as is the whole album. Funny thing about the great Brubeck Quartet is many jazz aficionados do not like them.

Do you think its because of Brubeck’s compositions which have many variable time signatures like 11/9 for one. I have always liked the band and think the Paul Desmond, Eugene Write and Joe Morello are all outstanding professional musicians just like their leader Brubeck.

Lastly thanks for the great Max Roach clips

I must confess i dont like usually much many drummers solos.... These one are more music than "drummers solos"....This is why i like them Morello and Roach ...

Thanks...

I apologize for being provocative at time....

pjw, I don’t think it is the odd meter tunes that cause some to be luke warm about Brubeck’s music.  In fact it is those tunes that became his best known.  I think it is more the fact that Brubeck’s music had a distinct feeling and way with swing.  It was very much in the West Coast style of Swing, not quite the same amount of swagger and feeling of the Blues that East Coast Jazz has.  Some have referred to it as a bit “white”.  
 

Paul Desmond is one of my favorite alto players and for me he was always the main attraction of Brubeck’s band; a band that while not my absolute favorite, I enjoy very much.

Michael Bisio

2nd - Paul Desmond.