Complete 1958 Berlin Concert

This was a pretty cheap buy if I remember correctly and I'm surprised I'm the only one on this site that owns it, for now anyway. The recording is pretty average and the song selection is pretty average too, as far as jazz goes. The back cover of this album states "Rare Live Recordings - Only For Collectors" and after that there's a big blurb stating this session is from private tapes and sound qu... read more

Description: A long unavailable concert by the legendary quartet appearing here in its entirety for the first time ever! Includes two previously unissued tracks! Although Brubeck and Desmond played with several musicians over the years, this new group of Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello would become the most famous of Brubeck's bands. The Quartet had been together for about a year when the State Department hired them for a "goodwill" tour of Europe in 1958. Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello made the trip across the Atlantic and performed across two continents for audiences in England, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, Ho A long unavailable concert by the legendary quartet appearing here in its entirety for the first time ever! Includes two previously unissued tracks! Although Brubeck and Desmond played with several musicians over the years, this new group of Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello would become the most famous of Brubeck's bands. The Quartet had been together for about a year when the State Department hired them for a "goodwill" tour of Europe in 1958. Brubeck, Desmond, Wright and Morello made the trip across the Atlantic and performed across two continents for audiences in England, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. Although four of the six tunes performed in Berlin appeared on a long out of print edition, this is the first time the complete concert appears on CD ("The Duke" and "One Moment Worth Years" have never been previously issued on any format). RLR. ... (more) (less)