The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

~ Release by Dave Brubeck (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Take Five
5:26
2Just One of Those Things
3:14
3I'll Remember April
3:22
4You Stepped Out of a Dream
2:55
5Mam’selle
2:52
6Perfidia
2:19
7Kathy’s Waltz
4:50
8Somebody Loves Me
3:20
9Everybody’s Jumpin’
4:24
10Sweet Georgia Brown
2:43
11These Foolish Things
6:36
12Swanee River
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello
piano:
Dave Brubeck
instrumental cover recording of:
Swanee River Boogie
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
is based on:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
5:55
13Spring Is Here
2:28
14Love Walked In
2:38
15Georgia on My Mind
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello
piano:
Dave Brubeck
instrumental cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
6:37
16Squeeze Me
3:45
17Look for the Silver Lining
3:43
18’s Wonderful
2:41
19Le Souk
4:36
20Too Marvelous for Words
3:08
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Pick Up the Sticks
4:18
2Rondo
1:32
3Avalon
2:07
4Perdido
7:52
5Give a Little Whistle
2:39
6Lullaby in Rhythm
3:31
7Lyon’s Busy
3:14
8Basin Street Blues
4:33
9Prisoner’s Song
1:06
10Laura
2:43
11My Romance
2:34
12I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
2:34
13All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
3:20
14Stardust
3:03
15Always
recording of:
Always
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Inc. and Irving Berlin Music
2:48
16Ol’ Man River
2:29
17Singing in the Rain
2:36
18The Way You Look Tonight
3:02
19Alice in Wonderland
recording of:
In a World of My Own (Alice in Wonderland, 1951 film)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Sammy Fain
part of:
Alice in Wonderland (1951 Disney animated film)
3:35
20Frenesi
2:34
CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Blue Rondo a La Turk
6:45
2Oh, Lady Be Good
4:16
3Crazy Chris
recording of:
Crazy Chris
writer:
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
3:22
4Gone With the Wind
6:24
5I Hear a Rhapsody
2:17
6A Foggy Day
3:08
7Blue Moon
2:57
8Shortnin’ Bread2:30
9The Old Black Magic
2:38
10Heart and Soul
2:20
11How High the Moon
6:54
12Me and My Shadow
2:29
13Lulu’s Back in Town
2:22
14Playland-at-the-Beach
1:31
15September in the Rain
2:53
16I May Be Wrong
2:52
17There to Get Ready
5:25
18Let’s Fall in Love
2:24
19Tea for Two
2:46
20Indiana
2:33