Dave Brubeck Octet
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Dave Brubeck Octet
Dave Brubeck Octet
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RELEASE DATE: 30 Nov 1945
OJCCD-101-2
GENRE: JAZZ
Dave Brubeck's early reputation was based on recordings for Fantasy with his trio and, soon after, the quartet sides with Paul Desmond. However, the octet he was involved with from 1946 has never been given its proper due.
Desmond, trumpeter Dick Collins, tenor saxophonist Dave Van Kriedt, clarinetist Bill Smith, and Brubeck were heard in solo, but the emphasis is on the writing by Brubeck, Jack Weeks, and, particularly, the fugal inventions of Van Kriedt. Many of the writers involved… MORE
