Dave Brubeck Quartet – Near-Myth With Bill Smith (1961)

Artist: Dave Brubeck Quartet
Title Of Album: Near-Myth With Bill Smith
Recovery Data: Mar 20, 1961
Label: Original Jazz Classics / OJC 236
Genre: Jazz / Cool, West Coast Jazz
Quality: FLAC (Tracks+Log+Cue+Covers+Info)
Bitrate: Lossless | UPC Code: 025218623629
Total Time: 00:43:42
Total Size: 258 MB (Recovery 6%)

Track List:

01. The Unihorn (Smith) 5:13
02. Bach An’all (Smith) 3:49
03. Siren Song (Smith) 5:41
04. Pan’s Pipes (Smith) 4:10
05. By Jupiter (Smith) 3:54
06. Baggin’ the Dragon (Smith) 6:46
07. Apollo’s Axe (Smith) 3:22
08. The Sailor and the Mermaid (Smith) 4:13
09. Nep-Tune (Smith) 2:51
10. Pan Dance (Smith) 3:43

Personnel:

Dave Brubeck (piano);
Bill Smith (clarinet);
Eugene Wright (bass);
Joe Morello (drums).

AMG:
This is the third and final guest appearance by clarinetist Bill Smith in the place of Paul Desmond with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Like the earlier record dates, this 1961 session focuses exclusively on Smith’s compositions, resulting in a very different sound for the band than its normal mix of the leader’s songs and standards. Smith was a member of Brubeck’s adventurous octet of the late ’40s and, like the pianist, also studied with French composer Darius Milhaud. So the clarinetist is willing to take chances, utilizing a mute on his instrument in “Pan’s Pipes,” and having drummer Joe Morello use his timpani sticks on the piano strings in the swinging “The Unihorn.” Smith proves himself very much in Desmond’s league with his witty solos and equally amusing, pun-filled liner notes. While none of these songs became a regular part of Brubeck’s repertoire, even after Smith replaced tenorist Jerry Bergonzi as a member of the quartet in 1982, this is easily the best of the three albums that he made with Dave Brubeck during the late ’50s and early ’60s.

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