Two more pieces have emerged from the Dutch YouTube contributor who is posting segments of a remarkable Dave Brubeck concert in Rotterdam in 1972. The core unit was the Brubeck trio with bassist Jack Six and drummer Alan Dawson. Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan were the guest saxophonists on the Newport Jazz Festival tour.
Unlike many YouTube videos, these are of high visual quality and hold up in the full-screen mode. Don’t miss Six and Dawson enjoying the metric play at 5:15 of the second clip. Despite the superimposed titles, these new entries are minus Desmond. They feature Mulligan. Brubeck introduces them.
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In case someone wants to own some similar video, this DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Live-Berlin-1972-Jerry-Mulligan/dp/B002PI03PW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276755281&sr=1-3 appears to be from the same tour, although a different concert in Berlin.
I’m not recommending it because I haven’t seen it yet, but an Amazon reviewer gave it 5 stars, and described the audio and video as “very good.” If anyone else has seen this, let us know.
(The Amazon reviewer is right. To see and hear a sample, go here:
—DR)
audio of the concert
http://bogardjazz.blogspot.com/2010/06/dave-brubeck-group-live-at-berliner.html