Jazz: Red Hot and Cool
Jazz: Red Hot and Cool | ||||
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [1] |
Jazz: Red Hot and Cool is a
This album presents the pre-classic Quartet with
As a result, on the strength of the complex chords of Brubeck and the remarkably cool tone of Desmond, relaxing and calming, Bates and Dodge focus on giving a swinging, but solid and quiet accompaniment to the quartet, without disrupting the discursive flow of ideas between the pianist and the altoist.
Repertoire
This Columbia Records release, recorded in the intimate set of a night club, is notable for introducing Brubeck's composition The Duke, a tribute to the magisterial Duke Ellington which was destined to become a jazz standard in the years to come, due to its cerebral and intricate harmonic structure.[4]
In addition, other highlights came from a book of standards that includes popular tunes composed by Irving Caesar, Mort Dixon, James F. Hanley, Lorenz Hart, Ballard MacDonald, Richard Rodgers, Vincent Youmans, Allie Wrubel, and the brothers Ira and George Gershwin.[2] The two tracks that were included in the reissue are a traditional piece, composed by Vernon Duke, John La Touche and Ted Fetter, and another original created by Brubeck.[3]
Cover art
The cover photograph used for this record was taken by
Track list
A1 "Lover" (Hart/Rodgers) 5:08
A2 "Little Girl Blue" (Hart/Rodgers) 10:40
A3 "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle" (Wrubel/Dixon) 7:23
B1 "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Caesar/Youmans) 5:23
B2 "The Duke" (Brubeck) 2:46
B3 "Indiana" (B. MacDonald/Hanley) 5:55
B4 "Love Walked In" (I. & G. Gershwin) 8:47
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke/La Touche/Fetter) 4:12 *
- "Closing Time Blues" (Brubeck) 6:57 *
* Included only in the 2001 reissue.
Personnel
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- Paul Desmond - alto sax
- Bob Bates - double bass
- Joe Dodge - drums
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b c d The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (1955), Vinyl, LP Album. Discogs.com. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.
- ^ a b The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (2001), Reissue, CD Album. Discogs.com. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.
- ^ Dave Brubeck: The Duke – Melody lines, Lyrics and Chords. Sheet Music Direct. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.
- ^ 1955 Helena Rubinstein ad for Jazz Lipstick photographed by Richard Avedon. Pinterest.com. Retrieved on August 1, 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9820774-1-2.
- ^ a b Helena Rubinstein and Columbia Records. Dave Brubeck website. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.