| Jazz: Red Hot and Cool | ||||
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| Released | 1955 (Vinyl album) 2001 (CD reissue) | |||
| Recorded | October 12, 1954 July 23, 1955 August 9, 1955 Basin Street East, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:03 (1955) 57:12 (2001) | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 699 (1955) CK 61468 (2001) | |||
| Producer | George Avakian | |||
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |   [1] |
Jazz: Red Hot and Cool is a jazz live album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded during one 1954 and two 1955 performances at the Basin Street East club in New York City.[2] Released originally in 1955, this album was remastered and reissued in 2001, while adding two tracks that were not included in the original album.[3]
This album presents the pre-classic Quartet with Bob Bates on bass and Joe Dodge on drums backing pianist Dave Brubeck and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond,[2] before the bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello joined the most experimental Brubeck Quartet of the sixties.
As a result, on the strength of the complex chords of Brubeck and the remarkably cool tone of Desmond, relaxing and calming, Bates and Dodge focus on giving a swinging, but solid and quiet accompaniment to the quartet, without disrupting the discursive flow of ideas between the pianist and the altoist.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ a b The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (1955), Vinyl, LP Album. Discogs.com. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.
- ^ The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz: Red Hot And Cool (2001), Reissue, CD Album. Discogs.com. Retrieved on July 31, 2016.