Joe Morello / BMG Audio CD 1989 / ND90406

UPC 0035629040625

Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928^[ – March 12, 2011) was an American jazz drummer best known for serving as the drummer for pianist Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "classic lineup" from 1958 to 1968, which also included alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and bassist Eugene Wright. Morello's facility for playing unusual time signatures and rhythms enabled that group to record a series of albums that explored unusual time signatures. The most notable of these was the first in the series, the 1959 album Time Out, which contained the hit songs "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo à la Turk". In fact, "Take Five", the album's biggest hit (and the first jazz single to sell more than one million copies) was specifically written by Desmond as a way to showcase Morello's ability to play in 5

Label:	BMG – ND90406
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Europe
Released:	1989
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Big Band, Cool Jazz

Tracklist:

Shortnin' Bread

Adapted By – Manny Albam

Written-By – Traditional

2:05
2		When Johnny Comes Marching Home Adapted By – Manny Albam Written-By – Traditional

6:06
3		Brother Jack Adapted By – Manny Albam Written-By – Traditional

2:55
4		Every Time We Say Goodbye Written-By – Cole Porter

3:02
5		Just In Time Written-By – Betty Comden / Adolph Green, Jule Styne

4:06
6		It's Easy Written-By – Manny Albam

4:09
7		Shimwa Written-By – Joe Morello

2:53
8		Summertime Written-By – DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin

4:01
9		A Little Bit of Blues Written-By – Manny Albam

4:48
10		It's About Time Written-By – Manny Albam

5:06
11		Every Time Written-By – Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane

2:50
12		Mother Time Written-By – Phil Woods

4:00
13		Time After Time Written-By – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn

3:51
14	My Time is Your Time	4:19
15	Sounds of the Loop Written-By – Dave Brubeck

6:29

Art Direction, Design – Pietro Alfieri
Bass – Bill Crow (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Gene Cherico (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 10 to 14)
Compilation Producer – John Snyder
Conductor – Manny Albam (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15)
Drums – Joe Morello
Engineer – Bob Simpson (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Ernie Oelrich* (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 10 to 14)
Engineer [Digital] – Joe Lopes
Executive-Producer – Steve Backer
Illustration – John Robinette
Liner Notes – Rick Mattingly
Percussion – Phil Kraus (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 15)
Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 15), John Bunch (tracks: 1, 4, 5 to 8, 10 to 14)
Producer – George Avakian (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 10 to 14), Marty Gold (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9, 15)
Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Frank Socolow (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Phil Bodner (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Phil Woods, Sol Schlinger (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15)
Trombone – Alan Raph (tracks: 1, 6, 7), William Byers* (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 15), Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14), Richard Hixson (tracks: 2 to 4, 9, 10, 14, 15), Urbie Green (tracks: 4, 10, 14), Wayne Andre (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), William Dennis* (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15)
Trumpet – Al DeRisi* (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Bernie Glow (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Clark Terry (tracks: 2 to 4, 9, 10, 14, 15), Doc Severinsen (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15), Ernie Royal (tracks: 4, 10, 14), Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 15), Nick Travis (tracks: 2 to 4, 9, 10, 14, 15)
Tuba – Harvey Phillips (tracks: 4, 10, 14)
Vibraphone – Gary Burton (tracks: 1, 4, 5 to 8, 10 to 14)