Dave Digs Disney
Dave Digs Disney | ||||
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Studio album by Dave Brubeck Quartet | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | June 29 & 30 and August 8, 1957 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:17 (reissue) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | George Avakian | |||
Dave Brubeck Quartet chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Disc | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Dave Digs Disney is a 1957 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It features jazz renditions of songs from the animated Disney films Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is one of Brubeck's most popular albums.[4] The album was reissued in 2011, with remastered recordings and two bonus tracks: "Very Good Advice" (from Alice in Wonderland) and "So This Is Love" (from Cinderella).[5]
The original LP was issued only in mono, though stereo tapes were recorded at the time. The stereo mixes of the album's tracks were not widely available until later re-releases.[6]
Production
The Disney tunes played on this album were played by the quartet for some time, but it took a family trip to Disneyland to convince Brubeck to call up his producer and pitch his idea of a Disney album.[7]
At the time, Disney songs were considered below the talents of jazz musicians, yet Brubeck took a financial risk on the album and it paid off. Later, other jazz artists would record Disney songs as well. "Someday My Prince Will Come" most notably became a jazz standard, and was later recorded by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, among others.[8]
Track listing
All tracks written by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey except where noted.
- "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 9:24
- "Give A Little Whistle" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 7:32
- "Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs' Marching Song)" – 3:53
- "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 4:49
- "Some Day My Prince Will Come" – 8:15
- "One Song" – 4:56
- Reissue Bonus Tracks
- "Very Good Advice" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 5:31
- "So This Is Love" (Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston) – 5:56
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Personnel
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
- Joe Morello - drums
- Norman Bates - bass
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Hall, Tony (2 August 1958). "Tentative, searching, experimenting". Disc. No. 26. p. 18.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ George Avakin, jazz producer of Miles Davis and more, die at 98|Music|The Guardian
- ^ JUN 30 Disney History
- ^ Myers, Marc (May 26, 2011). "Dave Digs Disney". JazzWax. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Jazz At The Movies : 5 Cinematic Covers : A Blog Supreme : NPR
- ^ Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)|Cartoon Brew
- ^ Presto Jazz
External links
- Official website
- v
- t
- e
- Brubeck Plays Brubeck (1956)
- Plays and Plays and... (1957)
- Just You, Just Me (1994)
- A Dave Brubeck Christmas (1996)
- One Alone (2000)
- Dave Brubeck Octet (1950)
- Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)
- Brubeck à la mode (1960)
- Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, 1961)
- The Real Ambassadors (with Louis Armstrong, 1962)
- Jazz Impressions of New York (1964)
- Time In (1966)
- Bravo! Brubeck! (1967)
- Jackpot! (1968)
- Two Generations of Brubeck (1973)
- Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974)
- 1975: The Duets (with Paul Desmond, 1975)
- All the Things We Are (1976)
- In Their Own Sweet Way (1995)
- Young Lions & Old Tigers (1995)
- To Hope! A Celebration (1996)
- The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. (1998)
Quartet
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1952)
- Jazz at Oberlin (1953)
- Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953)
- Jazz Goes to College (1954)
- Brubeck Time (1955)
- Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (1955)
- Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1956)
- Dave Digs Disney (1957)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958)
- Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958)
- Newport 1958 (1958)
- Gone with the Wind (1959)
- Time Out (1959)
- Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960)
- Brubeck and Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, 1960)
- Tonight Only! (with Carmen McRae, 1960)
- Brandenburg Gate: Revisited (1961)
- Time Further Out (1961)
- Brubeck in Amsterdam (1962)
- Countdown—Time in Outer Space (1962)
- Bossa Nova U.S.A. (1963)
- At Carnegie Hall (1963)
- Jazz Impressions of Japan (1964)
- Time Changes (1964)
- Dave Brubeck in Berlin (1964)
- Angel Eyes (1965)
- My Favorite Things (1965)
- Anything Goes! (1966)
- Buried Treasures (1967)
- The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967)
- 25th Anniversary Reunion (1977)
- Tritonis (1980)
- Paper Moon (1982)
- The Great Concerts (1988)
- So What's New? (1998)
- The Crossing (2000)
- Park Avenue South (2002)
- London Flat, London Sharp (2005)
Mulligan
- Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way
- 5079 Brubeck