Park Avenue South (album)

Reception

Ken Dryden reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "The musicians seem very stimulated by the odd surroundings, producing an enticing mix of standards, new Brubeck compositions, and the inevitable "Take Five"...Brubeck wrote the mournful "Elegy" for Norwegian journalist Randi Hultin, who died of cancer before she was able to hear it. The combination of Militello's haunting flute, Michael Moore's matchless arco bass, Randy Jones' soft use of mallets, and the leader's understated piano is powerful enough to hush any audience".

Reviewing the album for the Jazz Times, Doug Ramsey wrote that "We don't know whether Brubeck used his frequent tactic of stimulating his colleagues by launching into standards they don't expect, but freshness and spontaneity of surprise nonetheless saturate...Freshness is Brubeck's stock in trade as he progresses through his ninth decade".

Track listing

1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 7:44
2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 8:36
3. "Elegy" (Dave Brubeck) – 4:54
4. "Don't Forget Me" (Brubeck) – 11:01
5. "Love Is Just Around the Corner" (Lewis E. Gensler, Leo Robin) – 8:17
6. "On a Slow Boat to China" (Frank Loesser) – 4:46
7. "I Love Vienna" (Brubeck) – 6:41
8. "Crescent City Stomp" (Brubeck) – 6:14
9. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) – 6:54
10. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (Irving King) – 6:17

Personnel