Tag: Joe Morello

  • Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1960 Essen Grugahalle, 2010 on Jazzline

    Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1960 Essen Grugahalle, 2010 on Jazzline

    Brubeck with Paul Desmond, Gene Wright, and Joe Morello, recorded live in Essen Germany (at the Grugahalle) in 1960. Jazzline is a German label, and has a series of “WDR Original Masters” recorded by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) which is basically West German NPR/PBS – a public service radio and TV broadcaster. These are great…

  • Dave Brubeck Quartet, Brubeck On Campus, 1972 on Columbia

    Dave Brubeck Quartet, Brubeck On Campus, 1972 on Columbia

    This is actually a reissue of two earlier LPs: Jazz Goes To College (1954) and Jazz Goes To Junior College (1957). The former featured Bob Bates (bass), Joe Dodge (drums), Paul Desmond (sax), and Brubeck (piano); the latter Joe Morello on drums and Norman Bates on bass (Norman and Bob were brothers). Jazz Goes To…

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Further Out – Miro Reflections, 1961 on Columbia

    The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Further Out – Miro Reflections, 1961 on Columbia

    While movie science fiction fans celebrate May 4th as Star Wars Day (“May the 4th be with you”), jazz heads know it as Dave Brubeck Day, 5/4 time being the signature of Time Out. Lesser known is that there were three more albums following: Time Further Out, Countown – Time In Outer Space, and Time…