Showing posts with label Darius Brubeck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Darius Brubeck. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Darius Brubeck & Dan Brubeck - Gathering Forces

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:17
Size: 99,2 MB
Art: Front

(10:14)  1. Earthrise
( 5:52)  2. Three Mile Island
( 6:09)  3. Kearsage Strut
( 2:49)  4. Just Think About WHat Happens
( 6:33)  5. Tugela Rail
( 4:55)  6. The Parrot
( 6:44)  7. I Say There's Hope

Brubeck majored in ethnomusicology and the history of religion at Wesleyan University, graduating cum laude. Brubeck holds an MPhil from Nottingham University. "He was awarded a Bellagio Project Residency (Rockefeller Foundation) as Composer in 2005 and received 'Outstanding Service to Jazz Education' awards in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2006." Darius performed (with all three of his brothers) at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors Gala when his father received a medal for his lifetime contribution to American culture. President Barack Obama and Mrs Michelle Obama were in the audience. Brubeck currently lives in the south of England in East Sussex.

During the 1970s and early '80s, pianist Brubeck led his own groups, played with Don McLean, Larry Coryell and toured the world with Two Generations of Brubeck and The New Brubeck Quartet (Dave, Darius, Chris and Dan Brubeck). Several albums were recorded along the way. Brubeck's focus changed to South Africa in 1983, when he initiated the first degree course in Jazz Studies offered by an African university. He taught at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa, and was later appointed Director of the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music, where he remained until 2006. 

After leaving full-time teaching, he was made a Senior Research Associate of the School of Music. While based in London, he taught courses at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Brunel University. He has an M.Phil Degree from Nottingham University, where he also taught jazz history for a year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Brubeck

Personnel: Darius Brubeck (piano, keyboards); Chris Bishop (vocals); Nelson Bogart (guitar, trumpet, background vocals); Bob Hanlon (flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, background vocals); Dan Brubeck (drums, percussion); Dave Weckl (drums).

Gathering Forces

Saturday, April 16, 2022

The New Brubeck Quartet - A Cut Above

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:32
Size: 161,9 MB
Art: Front

( 5:38) 1. Unisphere
(16:44) 2. Ellington Medley: The Duke/'C'
( 4:05) 3. Three to Get Ready
(19:31) 4. Forty Days/Sermon on the Mount
( 7:08) 5. Blue Rondo A La Turk
( 5:46) 6. Unsquare Dance
(11:36) 7. Take Five

There was an earlier post about direct to disc recordings which peaked my interest. I've heard some good and some not so good in the past. After doing an eBay search, A Cut Above! came up and a copy found it's way to my place.

The is a later Dave Brubeck playing with his three sons.Not all of the tracks do it for me but a couple are really stand out.Forty Days-Sermon on the Mount is fantastic. Darius Brubeck plays snyth and these tracks really pull you in, highly recommended.The second is their version of Take Five.The original has always been a favorite of mine but this is special.The Take Five is on YouTube and linked below.https://forum.bottlehead.com/index.php?topic=13048.0

Personnel: Dave Brubeck (piano); Darius Brubeck (electric piano); Chris Brubeck (electric bass, bass trombone); Danny Brubeck (drums)

A Cut Above

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Darius Brubeck - Before it's too Late

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:37
Size: 133,0 MB
Art: Front

( 4:44)  1. Before It's too Late
( 6:01)  2. Sad Song
( 6:55)  3. Mighty Like the Blues
( 6:20)  4. Shadows
( 3:58)  5. Across Your Dreams
( 5:22)  6. Nombelelo
( 6:16)  7. Ravely Street
(14:10)  8. Mamazala
( 3:48)  9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Darius Brubeck and his brothers Chris and Dan, as Brubecks Play Brubeck, have done international tours annually since the group was formed (with Dave O’Higgins on sax) for a UK concert tour in 2010. Pianist, composer and Fulbright Professor of Jazz Studies, Brubeck was the Director of the Centre for Jazz & Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa until 2005 when he moved to London and established the highly successful Darius Brubeck Quartet. After graduating from Wesleyan University where he studied ethnomusicology and history of religion, Brubeck worked free-lance, started his own bands, and toured the world with his famous father and brothers as a member of Two Generations of Brubeck and The New Brubeck Quartet (Dave, Darius, Chris and Dan Brubeck).   

He moved to South Africa in 1983, to initiate the first Jazz Studies Degree offered by an African university, gaining international recognition for his work in education and for his recordings and concerts with South African musicians. His regular, London-based group, The Darius Brubeck Quartet plays all around the UK and Europe. Following the success of their recent recording, Cathy’s Summer, they will be releasing a new CD, Years Ago soon. https://www.dariusbrubeck.com/brubecks-play-brubeck-3/bpb-band-biographies/

Before it's too Late

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Darius Brubeck - Years Ago

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:11
Size: 127,2 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Autumn in Our Town
(6:53)  2. Years Ago
(5:43)  3. In the Spanish Mode
(5:31)  4. For Iola
(4:31)  5. The Rainbow
(5:07)  6. October
(4:46)  7. I Saw Your Father
(7:06)  8. Mamazala
(5:39)  9. More Than You Know
(3:48) 10. Caravan

The title track "Years Ago" by Duke Makasi implies reflection and moving on. We often play this worldly, wistful ballad and also “Mamazala”, written by Zim Ngqawana while still a student. My own South African tune “The Rainbow” was written in the 80’s when I was performing and teaching there. It celebrates the defiantly diverse jazz club of the same name. The tunes "October" and “In the Spanish Mode” are from the 70’s and Matt Ridley’s distinctive bass sound sets the mood for both. Further back in time are Dave Brubeck’s “Autumn in Our Town” and the standard, “More Than You Know” framing O’Higgins’ moving soliloquy. My father’s “For Iola” is a tribute to my mother and my new composition “I Saw Your Father” is dedicated to the many people who tell me they saw Dave ‘years ago’. This quartet has been on the road for 10 years, and the ‘caravan’ moves on with fine and fleet brushwork from Wesley Gibbens. Darius Brubeck October 2016 https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dariusbrubeck6

Personnel: Darius Brubeck (piano); Dave O’Higgins (saxes); Matt Ridley (bass); Wesley Gibbens (drums)

Years Ago