''Bravo! Brubeck!'' is a 1967 live album by

Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

and his quartet, recorded during their tour of Mexico. The quartet were augmented by Chamin Correa on guitar, and the bongo and conga player Salvatore Agueros. It was released in 1967. A second live album recorded on their tour, '' Buried Treasures'', was released in 1998. The album peaked at 9 on the ''Billboard'' Top Jazz Albums chart.

Reception

The album was reviewed by

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at Allmusic who wrote that "One of the better Dave Brubeck LPs from the later period of the Quartet with altoist Paul Desmond, this set is unusual in that it only contains one Brubeck original. ...The results are melodic but swinging treatments of a variety of famous themes".

Track listing

# Introduction – 1:18 # " Cielito Lindo" ( Traditional) – 5:01 # "La Paloma Azul (The Blue Dove)" (Traditional) – 6:16 # " Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)" ( Juventino Rosas) – 3:17 # " Besame Mucho" (

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Consuelo Velázquez Consuelo Velázquez Torres (August 21, 1916 in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco – January 22, 2005, Mexico City), also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez, was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads ...

) – 5:53 # "Nostalgia de Mexico" (

) – 4:03 # " Poinciana" ( Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) – 6:43 # " Alla en el Rancho Grande" (Emilio de Uranga) – 3:07 # " Frenesí" ( Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup) – 5:19 # "Estrellita (Little Star)" ( Manuel Ponce) – 4:50 # " La Bamba" (Traditional) – 4:50

Personnel

;Performance *

- piano,

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, liner notes * Paul Desmond -

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* Chamin Correa - guitar * Gene Wright - double bass * Salvatore Agueros -

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conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

* Joe Morello -

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* Teo Macero -

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;Production *Steven Berkowitz, Patti Matheny - a&r *Howard Fitzson — art direction *Randall Martin — design, reissue design *Seth Rothstein — director *Nicholas Bennett — packaging manager * Don Hunstein, Hank Parker — photography *Didier C. Deutsch, Russell Gloyd — reissue producer * Teo Macero — original recording producer *John Jackson — production assistant *Howard Fritzson — reissue art *Darcy Proper — remastering, remixing

References

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