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Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All

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Released
  
1974

Release date
  
1974

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Dave Brubeck

Label
  
Collectables Records

Recorded
  
1974, C.I. Studios, New York City

Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All (1974)
  
All the Things We Are (1974)

Similar
  
Two Generations of Brubeck, In Their Own Sweet Way, Just You - Just Me, Plays and Plays and, Dave Brubeck in Berlin

Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All is a 1974 studio album by Dave Brubeck accompanied by his sons Darius, Chris and Dan.

Contents

Reception

The album was reviewed by Scott Yanow at Allmusic who wrote that the musicians "...perform colorful treatments of a wide variety of swinging pieces. Highlights include "It's a Raggy Waltz," "Temptation Boogie" and "Christopher Columbus"; Dave Brubeck takes "The Duke" solo. This fine music was last available on LP."

Track listing

  1. "Mr. Broadway" - 2:44
  2. "Forty Days" - 7:20
  3. "The Duke" - 2:48
  4. "It's a Raggy Waltz" - 6:00 5
  5. "Sky Scape" (Darius Brubeck) - 2:42
  6. "Temptation Boogie" (Darius Brubeck) - 8:20
  7. "Ragaroni" (Perry Robinson) - 2:50
  8. "Christopher Columbus" (Chu Berry, Andy Razaf) - 4:00

All compositions by Dave Brubeck, other composers indicated.

Personnel

  • Dave Brubeck - piano
  • Darius Brubeck - electric piano
  • Jerry Bergonzi - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Chris Brubeck - electric bass, trombone
  • Dan Brubeck - drums
  • David Powell - double bass
  • Perry Robinson - clarinet
  • Peter "Madcat" Ruth - harmonica, Jew's harp
  • Michael Cuscuna - producer

    • Songs

    1Prelude Merciful Men Are Taken Away11:06
    2Truth Is Fallen8:07
    3Oh - That My Head Were Waters Speak Out (Duet) I Called and No One Answers8:05

    References

    Brother, the Great Spirit Made Us All Wikipedia
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