The Dave Brubeck Trio Featuring Gerry Mulligan Blues Roots

180g High Quality Pressing!
Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering!
Limited Edition!
Although this is a blues-oriented set, there is plenty of variety in tempos and grooves. The 1968 Quartet featured the leader/pianist, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, bassist Jack Six and drummer Alan Dawson. The repertoire on this LP ranges from "Limehouse Blues" (which is not really a blues) to "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and several originals. These songs are average for 1968, but the soloing is remarkable and the musicians here are some of the best. "Journey" is a remarkably beautiful piano ballad, while "Blues Roots" narrowly rises above in it's epic scope, and over-the-top ending. It's probably my favourite song here. But, "Broke Blues" is also exceptional. This one, along with "Cross Ties" and "Blues Roots", are fairly progressive, drawing as much from post bop as blues and traditional Jazz, pushing toward avante-garde.
Even though the blues forms the basis, there are a variety of rhythms and tempos to discover on "Blues Roots" from 1968, which provide variety. Strong solos of the individual musicians do so, in addition to leader and pianist Brave Brubek, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, bassist Jack Six and drummer Alan Dawson can be heard. The pleasantly warm piano ballad "Journey" gives you goosebumps and is reproduced particularly intensely in this recording released by Pure Pleasure.
Remastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering at Lyndhurst Hall, London.

Features:

• Limited Edition
• 180g High Quality Pressing
• Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
  

Musicians:

• Dave Brubeck, piano & honky tonk piano
• Jack Six, bass and fender bass
• Alan Dawson, drums
• Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax
  

Selections:

Side A
1. Limehouse Blues
2. Journey
3. Cross Ties
Side B
1. Broke Blues
2. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
3. Movin' Out
4. Blues Roots