Balcony Rock
The Dave Brubeck Quartet was an American modern jazz group formed in San Fr… Read Full Bio ↴The Dave Brubeck Quartet was an American modern jazz group formed in San Francisco in 1951 by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (1920-2012). In what became known as the band's classic line-up, the band featured Joe Morello (1928–2011) on drums, Eugene Wright (1923-2020) on bass, and Paul Desmond (1924-1977) on saxophone. The band remains best-known for their use of odd time signatures, and were a premier group in the cool jazz movement. They produced several standards, including Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk.

Throughout the years, and changing line-ups, the group maintained a strong fan-base among jazz fans of all ages.




Balcony Rock
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@edmaloney4710

What a lovely touch Desmond had! You could recognize his unique sound anywhere. His diffident, self-effacing stage presence belied the brilliant personality and genius that effortlessly flowed from his fluid and understated improvisational motif.

@3dprinterjam263

For me, this album is the apogee of jazz, and this track the highest moment of the album. My wife has always been an autograph hound, though she came to Brubeck very late in life, solely through me. So we hung around and went backstage and met him. This was shortly before he died, and he'd played back-to-back concerts in Chicago, which, for a man of his advanced age, was surely exhausting beyond words. I tried to tell this small, frail, bird-like man that he'd meant the world to me and that I had played my favorite albums of his thousands of times in my life, but his eyes were transfixed on my wife. It was actually really cute. And then he was gone. So grateful I got to finally see him live and even meet him. A titan of the music realm who still seems underrated to me. I see "the fifty greatest jazz pianists" lists that have people like McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea (??), Keith Jarrett, and Herbie Hancock (???) above him. Brubeck should be in the top five of every list IMO.

@bambudude

When you get to the level of Brubeck, Getz, Bird, Coltrane, etc. comparisons are irrelevant. This is the level of mastery, the pantheon of greatness. I have been lucky to see many of these Masters and it is life changing. Thanks for posting this. Dave lives on through his music. PS playing in 5/4 or 6/8 is hard but very cool and Dave is one of the first to break the rules. Thanks Dave!

@somersetuk525

Jazz at Oberlin and College are Pauls masterpieces he really just has it, and I feel made the difference in Dave,s success.

@caponsacchi

A lovely blues that Paul frequently worked into his solos. At the very end of his life, Paul asked Dave to record an album of duets with him. 1975--excellent album. It includes "Balcony Rock."

@jimraw1

I Love this album! When I was nine years old I discovered it in my dad's record collection (yes, it was vinyl - I'm of that age). I discovered Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn and Shorty Rodgers, but the greatest discovery for me was Paul Desmond. That beautiful, mellow sound and amazing solos left an impression on me (I took up the saxophone in middle school). As much as I love Bird, It's Desmond that will always speak to me first.

@thethesaxman23

I don't care what anyone else says...as far as tone goes...Paul Desmond by is far the best sax player yet!

@michaeldillon3659

yes the best

@UntoRobert

So true ... i cannot listen to coltrane for ex

@gracenorton7779

First heard this aged 16 in 1957 - just as good today as it was then and still my all time favourite!

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