Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter Explained

Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter
Type:album
Artist:Dave Brubeck
Cover:Anything Goes Brubeck.jpeg
Released:1967
Recorded:1966
Genre:Jazz
Label:Columbia - CS 9402
Producer:Teo Macero
Chronology:Dave Brubeck
Prev Title:Time In
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Jackpot!
Next Year:1967

Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter is a 1967 studio album by Dave Brubeck and his quartet of music by Cole Porter, recorded between December 8, 1965 and February 17, 1966.

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 18, 1967 commented that "Cole Porter's songs easily fit into the jazz treatment offered by the Dave Brubeck Quartet...The album has a pop potential, too".[1]

The album was reviewed by Scott Yanow at Allmusic who wrote "Few surprises occur but the music often swings hard, pianist Brubeck and altoist Paul Desmond take several excellent solos and bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello really push the group."

Track listing

  1. "Anything Goes" – 5:40
  2. "Love for Sale" – 5:18
  3. "Night and Day" – 4:55
  4. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" – 6:16
  5. "I Get a Kick Out of You" – 5:15
  6. "Just One of Those Things" – 6:19
  7. "You're the Top" – 6:35
  8. "All Through the Night" – 8:25

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Billboard . Album Reviews . 18 February 1967 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 57 . 0006-2510.