One Alone

Artist: Dave Brubeck
Label: Telarc
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 089408351020
EAN: 0089408351020
ASIN: B00004WFMB

Release Date: 2000-08-22

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Just 88 keys

Tracks:

That Old Feeling
I'll Never Smile Again
One Alone
You've Got Me Crying Again
Someone To Watch Over Me
Just Squeeze Me
Harbor Lights
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Summer Song
Red Sails In The Sunset
Weep No More
Bye Bye Blues
Over The Rainbow

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Just You, Just Me
Brubeck Plays Brubeck
Nightshift: Live at the Blue Note
Late Night Brubeck: Live from the Blue Note
The Crossing

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2003-09-07

This CD really shows off Dave's under-rated piano-playing abilities. To all who say that he just pounds or doesn't swing, I tell them to check this CD out. It's beautiful, expressive, and all-in-all excellent. :-)

Dave shows his gifts with this special album.......2002-07-15

Dave Brubeck in his quartet is a majestic thing: his vital improvising, his off-kilter yet dead-on rhythmic sense and his wonderful songwriting and arranging is always on display for us. Yet, Dave doesn't get the chance in his group (especially his current one) to display his full range of pianistic gifts; he's got too many good musicians to compete with! On this album, Dave's special keyboard touch can finally be heard. Sure, we've all heard the criticisms before: Dave can't swing, he just pounds, has a limited technique, etc. Nonsense. People said the same things about Miles and Monk. Here Dave shows the full flow of his musical ideas on his beloved instrument. Just like Monk and the Duke, Dave uses his piano for composing, too. I get the same special feeling when I listen to any of these three masters alone at a piano. It's the sound of their concepts, completely unfettered from the absence of other musicians. Here, Brubeck's wondeful sense of harmony and his musical command of polytonality (as opposed to gimmicky command) are especially evident. It's Dave, one alone, with no worries...in complete command.

Jazz or Classic?.......2000-11-27

There is excellent technique but playing style is too academic on my glance, no jazz briskness. The music from album more reminds modern classical.

A must for any Brubeck fan.......2000-09-02

This CD is solo piano work of Dave Brubeck, similar to other CDs that he has released (Dave Brubeck plays and plays and plays, Just you, Just Me). Like these other CDs, this one also amazes the listener that such music could come from one instrument, like the title says, one alone. As a pianist, it is inspiring to hear variations and interpretations without use of a trio.

This CD has all kinds of styles. Some songs use a stride bass, others are bitonal (possibly polytonal, my ear isn't that sharp) and other jazz arranging techniques are employed as well. Over all, the CD is a must for any Brubeck fan.

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