Brubeck in Amsterdam explained

Brubeck in Amsterdam
Type:	live
Artist:	Dave Brubeck
Cover:	Brubeck Amsterdam.jpeg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	December 3, 1962 at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:19
Label:	Columbia - CS 9897 ^[1]
Chronology:	Dave Brubeck
Prev Title:	Bossa Nova U.S.A.
Prev Year:	1963
Next Year:	1963

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

Reception

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."

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

• Dave Brubeck - piano, producer
• Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
• Eugene Wright - double bass
• Joe Morello - drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Brubeck in Amsterdam (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . discogs.com. 2015-11-28.
2. https://www.parool.nl/binnenland/10-platenhoezen-van-buitenlandse-artiesten-met-amsterdam-als-decor~a3937713/ "10 record covers from foreign artists with Amsterdam as a backdrop"
3. Book: Colin Larkin. The Virgin encyclopedia of jazz. May 1999. Virgin. 129.