Summit Sessions (1959)

About this title: It would not be an understatement to say that these 13 performances, mostly dating from the 1960s, cover quite a bit of ground. Brubeck is heard with such performers as Tony Bennett, Indian percussionist Palghat Raghu, the folk team of Addiss & Crofut, in a remarkable piano duet with Thelonious Monk on "C Jam Blues," with son Darius Brubeck on second piano, on "Blues in the Dark" with singer Jimmy Rushing and in separate recordings with Peter, Paul & Mary, Charles Mingus, Carmen McRae, Gerry Mulligan, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic and Louis Armstrong. There's quite a lot of ... read more

Tracks:

1. That Old Black Magic [Arlen/Mercer]
2. Raga Theme for Raghu
3. Men of Old
4. C Jam Blues [Bigard/Ellington]
5. Our Time of Parting
6. Blues in the Dark [Basie/Rushing]
7. Allegro Blues [Brubeck]
8. Because All Men Are Brothers [Bach/Glazer]
9. Non-Sectarian Blues [Mingus]
10. Travelin' Blues [Brubeck/Brubeck]
11. Theme for Jobim [Mulligan]
12. Lonesome/Summer Song
13. Koto Song [Brubeck]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.