Dave Brubeck has long served as proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. Although critics who had championed him when he was unknown seemed to scorn him when the Dave Brubeck Quartet became a surprise success, in reality Brubeck never watered down or altered his music in order to gain a wide audience. Dave Brubeck remains one of the few household names in jazz. This 4CD set contains his work from the late '40s through to the mid '50s, and covers both extremes of his popularity - from his beginnings as an unknown musician through to his appearance on the front cover of Time magazine in 1954.
 
 
 Time Was - Brubeck, Dave    
Disc 1
 1. How High The Moon 6:50 
 2. Serenade's Suite 4:33 
 3. Playland-At-The-Beach 1:29 
 4. Prisoner's Song 1:04 
 5. Schizophrenic Scherzo 2:14 
 6. Rondo 1:30 
 7. I Hear A Rhapsody 2:15 
 8. You Go To My Head 3:00 
 9. Laura 2:09 
 10. Blue Moon 2:56 
 11. Tea For Two 2:46 
 12. Indiana 2:33 
 13. Laura 2:42 
 14. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 2:53 
 15. Lullaby In Rhythm 3:29 
 16. Singing In The Rain 2:35 
 17. I'll Remember April 3:21 
 18. Body And Soul 3:43 
 19. Let's Fall In Love 2:41 
 20. 'S Wonderful 2:40 
 21. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:42 
 22. Undecided 2:28 
 23. September Song 3:26 
 24. Spring Is Here 2:27 
 25. That Old Black Magic 2:37 
 26. Love Walked In 2:36 
 27. Ipca 2:40 
 28. What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:41  
Disc 2
 1. The Way You Look Tonight 3:00 
 2. September In The Rain 2:51 
 3. Prelude 2:14 
 4. Fugue On Bop Themes 2:42 
 5. Let's Fall In Love 2:22 
 6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:33 
 7. Squeeze Me 3:43 
 8. Too Marvelous For Words 3:08 
 9. How High The Moon 3:02 
 10. Heart And Soul 2:18 
 11. Always 2:46 
 12. Avalon 2:06 
 13. Perfidia 2:17 
 14. Crazy Chris 3:20 
 15. A Foggy Day 3:07 
 16. Lyon's Busy 3:12 
 17. Somebody Loves Me 3:18 
 18. At A Perfume Counter 2:52 
 19. Mam'selle 2:50 
 20. Me And My Shadow 2:26 
 21. Frenesi 2:34 
 22. Look For The Silver Lining 3:41 
 23. My Romance 2:34 
 24. I May Be Wrong 2:51 
 25. Just One Of Those Things 3:12 
 26. Lulu's Back In Town 2:20 
 27. On A Little Street In Singapore 2:39  
Disc 3
 1. All The Things You Are 3:18 
 2. Alice In Wonderland 3:33 
 3. Stardust 3:02 
 4. Over The Rainbow 5:02 
 5. You Go To My Head 7:49 
 6. Give A Little Whistle 2:37 
 7. Oh, Lady Be Good 4:14 
 8. This Can't Be Love 4:06 
 9. Tea For Two 6:55 
 10. Blue Moon 8:13 
 11. Let's Fall In Love 7:16 
 12. These Foolish Things 6:34 
 13. Perdido 7:49 
 14. Stardust 6:32  
Disc 4
 1. The Way You Look Tonight 7:44 
 2. How High The Moon 9:03 
 3. I Remember You 9:11 
 4. Out Of Nowhere 8:05 
 5. Le Souk 4:33 
 6. Balcony Rock 11:49 
 7. Take The 'A' Train 6:10 
 8. The Song Is You 5:38 
 9. Don't Worry 'Bout Me 8:46 
 10. I Want To Be Happy 6:34  
 DISCOGRAPHY        
 Dave Brubeck Octet: Dick Collins, tp; Bob Collins, tb; Bob Cummings, Paul Desmond, as; Dave Van Kriedt, ts; Bill Smith, cl, bs; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d; Jimmy Lyons, Narr (-1) 
 San Francisco, 1948/49   
 HOW HIGH THE MOON (-1) 
 SERENADEâ??S SUITE 
 PLAYLAND-AT-THE-BEACH 
 PRISONERâ??S SONG 
 SCHIZOPHRENIC SCHERZO 
 RONDO 
 I HEAR RHAPSODY 
 YOU GO TO MY HEAD 
 LAURA   
 Dave Brubeck Trio: Dave Brubeck,p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d, bgo,cga, vib. 
 San Francisco, September 1949   
 551 BLUE MOON 
 552 TEA FOR TWO 
 553 INDIANA 
 554 LAURA   
 Dave Brubeck Trio, Same personnel as above 
 San Francisco, March 1950   
 3006 YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM 
 3008 LULLABY IN RHYTHM 
 3010 SINGING IN THE RAIN 
 3025 Iâ??LL REMEMBER APRIL 
 3039 BODY AND SOUL 
 3042 LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE   
 Dave Brubeck Trio, Same personnel as above 
 San Francisco, June 1950   
 6031 â??S WONDERFUL 
 6034 SWEET GORGIA BROWN 
 6037 UNDECIDED 
 6041 SEPTEMBER SONG 
 6043 SPRING IS HERE 
 6048 THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC   
 Dave Brubeck Octet: Dick Collins, tp; Bob Collins, tb; Bill Smith, cl, bs, arr; Paul Desmond, as; Dave Van Kriedt, ts, arrp; Dave Brubeck, p, arr; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d 
 San Francisco, July 1950   
 7013 LOVE WALKED IN 
 7021 IPCA 
 7027 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? 
 7031 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 
 7036 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN 
 7042 PRELUDE 
 7047 FUGUE ON BOP THEMES 
 7052 LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE   
 Dave Brubeck Trio: Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Cal Tjader, d, bgo, cga, vib 
 San Francisco, October 1950   
 10004 I DIDNâ??T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS 
 10010 SQUEEZE ME 
 10020 TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS 
 10028 HOW HIGH THE MOON 
 10041 HEART AND SOUL   
 Dave Brubeck Trio; same personnel as above 
 San Francisco, November 1950   
 11010 ALWAYS 
 11015 AVALON 
 11036 PERFIDIA   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Fred Dutton, b; Herb Barman, d 
 San Francisco, August 1951   
 8127 CRAZY CHRIS 
 8130 A FOGGY DAY 
 8134 LYONâ??S BUSY 
 8137 SOMEBODY LOVES ME   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Herb Barman, d  
 San Francisco, November 1951   
 11103 AT A PERFUME COUNTER 
 11113 MAMâ??SELLE 
 11119 ME AND MY SHADOW 
 11133 FRENESI   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, s; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Lloyd Davis, d 
 San Francisco, September 1952   
 9204 LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING 
 9205 MY ROMANCE (PIANO SOLO) 
 9217 I MAY BE WRONG 
 9232 JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS 
 9237 LULUâ??S BACK IN TOWN 
 9244 ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE 
 9252 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 
 9253 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 
 9339 STARDUST   
 *The liner notes on certain releases of these titles on the Fantasy label state that these titles were recorded between August 1951 and September 1952 - with Joe Dodge, d, on â??All the things you areâ? and Herb Barman, d, on â??Alice in Wonderlandâ?   
 Dave Brubeck Trio: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Lloyd Davis, d (-1) 
 Recorded Live, â??Storyvilleâ?, Boston, October 2, 1952   
 OVER THE RAINBOW 
 YOU GO TO MY HEAD 
 GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE (-1) 
 OH, LADY BE GOOD (-1)    
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Wyatt Ruther, b; Herb Barman, d 
 Recorded live â??Surf Clubâ?, Los Angeles, October 1952   
 THIS CANâ??T BE LOVE    
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Lloyd Davis, d 
 Recorded live, â??Surf Clubâ?, Los Angeles, February 1953   
 TEA FOR TWO 
 BLUE MOON  
 LETâ??S FALL IN LOVE   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Lloyd Davis, d 
 Recorded live, Oberlin College, Ohio, March 2, 1953   
 THESE FOOLISH THINGS 
 PERDIDO 
 STARDUST 
 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT 
 HOW HIGH THE MOON   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Ron Crotty, b; Joe Dodge, d 
 Recorded live, College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal., December 14, 1953   
 I REMEMBER YOU   
 Dave Brubeck Quartet: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Bob Bates, b; Joe Dodge, d. 
 Recorded live, University of Cincinnati Ohio, March 1954   
 CO 51323 OUT OF NOWHERE   
 Same personnel as above  
 Recorded live, Oberlin College, Ohio, March 1954   
 CO 51324 LE SOUK   
 Same personnel as above 
 Recorded live, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 1954   
 CO 51322 BALCONY ROCK 
 CO 51325 TAKE THE â??Aâ? TRAIN 
 CO 51326 THE SONG IS YOU 
 CO 51327 DONâ??T WORRY â??BOUT ME 
 CO 51328 I WANT TO BE HAPPY