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Brubeck in Amsterdam
Live album by
Released1969
RecordedDecember 3, 1962 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
GenreJazz
Length44:19
LabelColumbia - CS 9897 [1]
Dave Brubeck chronology
Bossa Nova U.S.A.
(1963)
Brubeck in Amsterdam
(1969)
Brandenburg Gate: Revisited
(1963)

Brubeck in Amsterdam is a 1962 live album by Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded on 3rd December at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, though unreleased until 1969.[2] Six of the tracks are from Brubeck's musical The Real Ambassadors.[3][4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that Brubeck and his quartet "...seem inspired during this concert by the fresh material, making this hard-to-find album a bit of a collector's item."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dave Brubeck, lyricists indicated:
  1. "Since Love Had Its Way" (Iola Brubeck) - 5:57
  2. "King for a Day" (I. Brubeck)- 3:00
  3. "The Real Ambassador" (I. Brubeck) - 6:31
  4. "They Say I Look Like God" (I. Brubeck) - 4:14
  5. "Dizzy Ditty" - 2:50
  6. "Cultural Exchange" (I. Brubeck) - 5:57
  7. "Good Reviews" (I. Brubeck)- 3:55
  8. "Brandenburg Gate" - 11:55

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brubeck in Amsterdam (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  2. ^ "10 record covers from foreign artists with Amsterdam as a backdrop" Het Parool. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  3. ^ a b c Brubeck in Amsterdam at AllMusic
  4. ^ Colin Larkin (May 1999). The Virgin encyclopedia of jazz. Virgin. p. 129.