O - re the Brubeck Trio w/Desmond & Mulligan...
I had to rewrite what I started out with. Initially: if ALL West Coast Jazz were like THIS, just shoot me. No doubt, East Coast/bop would be greatly preferred. Geez, give these guys some amphetamine...and I ain’t talking about the tempo!
By the end, however: This is really, really good! Starts out slow and I don’t care much for Desmond’s alto sax tone (not a fan of soprano sax or clarinet, either). Got hooked by Bruckbeck’s solo starting at 6 minutes and especially with the chord progression/theme he plays around the 7 minute mark. Then right before 7:40 Brubeck and Desmond start playing a kind of counter melody duet (not sure the proper technical term). By 9:15 Mulligan has joined in and they are all playing counter melodies (?). It is sounding like a piece of baroque chamber music. Very, very fine.
I had to rewrite what I started out with. Initially: if ALL West Coast Jazz were like THIS, just shoot me. No doubt, East Coast/bop would be greatly preferred. Geez, give these guys some amphetamine...and I ain’t talking about the tempo!
By the end, however: This is really, really good! Starts out slow and I don’t care much for Desmond’s alto sax tone (not a fan of soprano sax or clarinet, either). Got hooked by Bruckbeck’s solo starting at 6 minutes and especially with the chord progression/theme he plays around the 7 minute mark. Then right before 7:40 Brubeck and Desmond start playing a kind of counter melody duet (not sure the proper technical term). By 9:15 Mulligan has joined in and they are all playing counter melodies (?). It is sounding like a piece of baroque chamber music. Very, very fine.