DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - Live at the Kurhaus - 1967
2 Records / 4 Lacquers
AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
That evening of October 1967 in Scheveningen, the Dave Brubeck Quartet was not a band playing jazz. They were the worthy ambassadors of American music in Europe. One of the very last fantastic concerts of this legendary jazz quartet, for the first time released to the public.
DAVE BRUBECK, Piano
PAUL DESMOND, Saxophone
EUGENE WRIGHT, Bass
JOE MORELLO, Drums
- HE’S GOT THE RHYTHM -
24 October 1967. The Dave Brubeck Quartet, comprising more or less the same members since its inception, had already been playing for 16 years. Naturally, they were more than well acquainted. Dave Brubeck had hired Paul Desmond in 1951, somewhat against his better judgement. Paul, a notorious womanizer, edged his way into the group by first babysitting for Dave’s oh-so-bourgeois family. It took two months of begging before Dave gave in to him. Eugene Wright (Gene) and Joe Morello arrived shortly afterwards. The Dave Brubeck Quartet was one of the rare, predominantly white, West Coast bands – only one member, sunny Eugene Wright, nicknamed “The Senator”, was Afro-American.
That evening, at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen – Paul probably drinking his fourth whiskey and smoking his 40th cigarette, and Dave his usual abstemious self – they opened with Three to Get Ready, demonstrating, from the outset, their tight group sound. Dave set the tone of the ballad and Joe, the rhythm; Paul established a sultriness that transported the audience to another dimension.
There is certainly magic in this live performance – just hear the laughter, the interjections, the very life of it. With La Paloma Azul, a children’s song that Paul and Dave had brought back from Mexico only a few months earlier, the mood changed: gentle, clear and caressing. It is one of their early performances of this piece, a privilege to hear it here. After this tender interlude came gaiety, hammered by Dave’s disruptive play in Cielito Lindo, and a light- hearted nod with Swanee River. Forty Days, a Hollywood- like oratorio, and then the themes of the great movies – Exodus, Alamo and perhaps others in the background.
The walls between cultures came crashing down.
TRACKLIST
RECORD 1
01 THREE TO GET READY - 5:47
02 LA PALOMA AZUL - 6:34
03 CIELITO LINDO - 4:29
04 SWANEE RIVER - 8:05
05 FORTY DAYS - 7:02
RECORD 2
06 BLUES FOR JOE - 16:58
07 RUDE OLD MAN - 7:35
08 TAKE FIVE - 5:19
09 SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME - 5:31
DESCRIPTION
Double album
180gm vinyl
Soft touch gatefold
Download card included to get access to the digital files in .mp3 and .aiff 16bits formats.
This album is an unrealsed recording of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and it is limited to 900 copies. Each album has been hand numbered on the front and back of the gatefold.
LACQUERS
THE ULTIMATE ANALOG MEDIUM FOR ABSOLUTE EMOTIONS
Vector of absolute emotions, the lacquer is a truly fascinating object of which only a few craftsmen master the cutting. Thanks to its physical properties, it is possible to cut all the finest details and textures of a recording.
Yet, the lacquers are never usually listened to since they are only used in the vinyl manufacturing process to create the pressing die.
Few people in the world have had the chance to listen to this unique medium. With The Lost Recordings collection, we offer you the opportunity to live and share this intense emotional experience.
Crafted out of aluminium and coated with a soft nitrocellulose lacquer, heavier and wider than a vinyl (14” instead of 12”) with a hypnotizing deep blue edge, the lacquer wears off as it is listened to.
Just like tasting a great wine or living the pure experience of a live concert, listening to a lacquer is a fleeting chance that can only be lived once.
The sublime and ephemeral alliance of music and craftsmanship.
Exceptional artists have been the fuel that has fired us, every step of the way.
The extreme beauty of the lacquer medium required a case just as superlative. That’s why we entrusted its design to some of the world’s greatest leather craftsmen. Philippe Atienza and Pierre Gerber were those to add the finishing touches to a legend.
Handcrafted from the finest leathers used to make luxurious custom-made leather goods, each case created is a unique gem sealed by the iconic Devialet emblem.
DESCRIPTION
MATERIAL
Outside the case: calf leather
Inside the case: suedettee
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
A leather case with 4 lacquers from a double album, 2 lacquers from a single album
Story of the concert and The Lost Recordings collection
User guide for the lacquers
Vinyl album + download card to obtain the digital files
Hi-Res 24 bits Studio Masters 176.4 kHz available on demand
Only 30 lacquer sets per album have been created and each is numbered.