Dave Brubeck: Chromatic Fantasy Sonata; Rising Sun; The Salmon Strikes

Label: Naxos
Year: 2004
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: Yes

Tracks

1. Chromatic Fantasy Sonata: I. Allegro molto
2. Chromatic Fantasy Sonata: II. Chorale
3. Chromatic Fantasy Sonata: III. Fugue
4. Chromatic Fantasy Sonata: IV. Chaconne
5. 2-Part Adventures (excerpt): Bach Again
6. 2-Part Adventures (excerpt): Brotherly Love
7. 2-Part Adventures (excerpt): Winter Ballad
8. 2-Part Adventures (excerpt): The Eleven Disciples
9. 2-Part Adventures (excerpt): Chasin' Yourself
10. Tritonis
11. The Salmon Strikes
12. Rising Sun

Notes

John Salmon: Piano
Dave Brubeck: Composer

Reviews

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A legendary jazz artist noted for his daring improvisations, Dave Brubeck is also a composer of many works for performance by classical musicians. He studied composition with the French composer, Darius Milhaud, who encouraged Brubeck to compose using the language of jazz as well as classical music. Brubeck himself notes that perhaps his best compositions were created ‘at the moment for the moment’. Both Chromatic Fantasy Sonata and Two-Part Adventures take their inspiration from the music of J. S. Bach. Rising Sun is taken from the 1965 album Jazz Impressions of Japan while The Salmon Strikes is a tribute to pianist John Salmon, with whom Brubeck has enjoyed a long association and who performs on this recording. In 2003 Dave Brubeck was elected into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. For the past decade Dave Brubeck has relied upon John Salmon’s expertise in preparing new works for publication. The pieces on this recording vary in mood and style, and Dave is extremely grateful to John Salmon for his artistry in interpreting this music in the way he conceived it. Since 1989, John Salmon has been on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Booklet includes personal liner notes by Dave Brubeck.