Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra

Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1960 · with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Context

Four-movement work by Howard Brubeck, Dave's brother, premiered by the New York Philharmonic in December 1959 and recorded in early 1960 under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. The orchestra follows the score while the quartet improvises on the material. It was seen as a successful jazz-classical crossover, comparable to the third stream of Schuller and the MJQ.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Third stream, West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Third stream: Cool (Birth of the Cool).

By the same artist

• Take Five (1959)
• Blue Rondo à la Turk (1959)
• Unsquare Dance (1961)

Sources

• EN: Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein

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