Jackpot! (Dave Brubeck album) explained

Jackpot!
Type:live
Artist:Dave Brubeck
Cover:Jackpot Brubeck.jpeg
Released:February 1968
Recorded:1966 at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas
Genre:Jazz
Label:Columbia CS 9512
Producer:Teo Macero
Chronology:Dave Brubeck
Prev Title:Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:Bravo! Brubeck!
Next Year:1967

Jackpot! is a 1966 live album by Dave Brubeck, recorded at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas. It was released in 1968.[1]

Reception

The initial Billboard magazine review from February 1968 wrote that "Brubeck is tagged in a live workout...and he comes out ahead all the way. His pianistics are as sharp as ever and so are his efficient aides...".[1] The album was reviewed by Scott Yanow at Allmusic who wrote that "...this LP features eight songs built around the theme of gambling towns such as "Ace in the Hole," "Chicago" and the title cut. The music is certainly upbeat but the out-of-tune piano and crowd noises (this date was recorded live in Las Vegas) are a bit distracting. It's strictly for Brubeck completists."

Track listing

  1. "Who's Afraid" (Paul Francis Webster, Alex North) - 3:07
  2. "Ace in the Hole" (George Mitchell, James Dempsey) - 6:44
  3. "Jackpot" (Dave Brubeck) - 10:59
  4. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 6:49
  5. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 10:21
  6. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 4:03
  7. "Rude Old Man" (Eugene Wright) - 2:55
  8. "Win a Few, Lose a Few" (Dave Brubeck) - 4:51

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Billboard . Album Reviews . 24 February 1968 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 74 . 0006-2510.