The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live In Indiana 1958 - The Complete Session (CD)

(American Jazz Classics) 11 tracks, digipack including  comprehensive booklet + liner notes

After the State Department's year-long world tour, the Dave Brubeck Quartet returned to the United States in 1958 full of new ideas. The group had played in England, Germany, Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, and the music they heard in these places would inspire Brubeck to write the pieces that would be featured on the album Jazz Impressions of Eurasia. A few days before recording this studio album, the group played most of their pieces in Indiana at the French Lick Jazz Festival, which can be heard in full here. A wonderful performance by the same group at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival and a rare live reading of the classic "Take Five" have been added as bonuses. PAUL DESMOND, alto saxophone; DAVE BRUBECK, piano; EUGENE WRIGHT, bass; JOE MORELLO, drums. Recorded live at the French Lick Jazz Festival, Indiana, August 17, 1958. BONUS TRACKS: 6-10: Same instrumentation. Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, June 30, 1960. track 11 (take five: same instrumentation, live in New York, June 1961.