Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein
1961 studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein is a 1961 studio album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.[2] Its title refers to the fact that it consists of both a Brubeck composition conducted by Leonard Bernstein (though the "Brubeck" there is Howard Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's brother) and Bernstein compositions played by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The title is also an echo of Dave Brubeck's 1956 solo debut album, Brubeck Plays Brubeck.
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | January 30 – February 14, 1960 | |||
Genre | Cool jazz, West Coast jazz | |||
Length | 41:23 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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The whole first side of the album consists of the composition "Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra", composed by Howard Brubeck and performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. The second side consists of arrangements of five songs from the musicals West Side Story and Wonderful Town, whose music was written by Bernstein.