Timeline

Label: Blue Forest Records
Year: 2018
Released on LP: No
Released on CD: Yes

Tracks

Tracks:

01. Blue Rondo a la Turk (7:29) - Dave Brubeck
02. Far More Blue (6:56) - Dave Brubeck
03. Easy As You Go (6:11) - Dave Brubeck
04. Since Love Had Its Way (5:43) - Dave Brubeck
05. Boundward Home (6:30) - Chuck Lamb
06. Tritonis (7:43) - Dave Brubeck
07. The Golden Horn (4:36) - Dave Brubeck
08. 3 Wise Men (6:29) - Chris Brubeck
09. North Coast (4:35) - Mike DeMicco
10. Prime Directive (7:00) - Chuck Lamb
11. Thank You (Dziekuje) (6:50) - Dave Brubeck

Notes

Personnel:

Chris Brubeck (bass, bass trombone)
Dan Brubeck (drums)
Mike DeMicco (guitar)
Chuck Lamb (piano)

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet's newest CD, TimeLine, celebrates the 60th anniversary of Dave Brubeck's historic 1958 State Department Tour. This new recording includes freshly re-arranged tunes written by Dave inspired by his 1958 tour as well as compelling new originals by Chris Brubeck, Mike DeMicco and Chuck Lamb.

Reviews

All About Jazz - Dr. Judith Schlesinger


This album by the Brubeck Brothers—led by Chris and Dan Brubeck, sons of legendary pianist Dave Brubeck—commemorates the 60th anniversary of "President Eisenhower's Special International Program for Cultural Presentations," the 1958 State department tour in which prominent jazz musicians traveled to 14 countries to give 80 concerts in 90 days.

This grueling schedule was endured by such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and the Dave Brubeck. For Brubeck, the inspiration was mutual, reflected in compositions that incorporated the local musical traditions he was hearing. Several of these are included on this record. Probably the most well-known is "Blue Rondo a la Turk," in which Dave melds the 9/8 rhythms of Istanbul's street musicians with American jazz and blues, creating a unique and indelible composition that has been covered by everyone from Al Jarreau to The Canadian Brass. Here, this beloved tune is freshened by master trombonist/bassist Chris Brubeck's arrangement, which begins with dazzling drummer Dan Brubeck's electric hand drumming and moves through sections that are separated just enough to highlight their different origins.

This twist provides a new perspective on music that is so often played, reminding the listener of the global influences that were merged during that historic trip.


Jazziz

Trombonist/bassist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck released their newest CD, Timeline, on Blue Forest Records on March 19.

The album features rearrangements of songs written by their father, pianist Dave Brubeck, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of his seminal 1958 State Department Tour as an official jazz ambassador for the United States – an 80-concert tour that took him to 14 countries across Eurasia in the midst of the Cold War that was designed to promote democracy and build bridges to the artistic intellectual communities behind the Iron Curtain and throughout the Middle East in the key of jazz.

Timeline sees Chris and Dan play with their band, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, alongside guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb. In addition to the new rearrangements of classic Dave Brubeck compositions that were inspired by the state Department Tour, such as “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and “Easy As You Go,” Timeline features new originals composed by Chris Brubeck, DeMicco, and Lamb.

A press release explains that Timeline finds the Brubeck Brothers Quartet exploring “odd time signatures while integrating the blues, contemporary jazz, and world music … As with all truly spontaneous jazz artists, the band is not afraid to take chances and pushes the envelope to create a rewarding and inventive musical journey.”