| The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | March 5, 1958 in Copenhagen [1] | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia CS 8128 | |||
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe is a live album by pianist Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded in 1958 in Copenhagen, Denmark. [2] [3] The cartoon on the cover of the album of Brubeck and his quartet was drawn by Arnold Roth. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Ken Dryden reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "...the quartet is in top form, while Brubeck is hardly the heavy-handed pianist that many early critics claimed him to be on these rewarding performances" Dryden praised Paul Desmond's "lyricism and witty quotes especially of note in the extended treatment of the standard "Tangerine"". [3]
David Warren Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.
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4 time.
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