Brubeck Plays Brubeck

Brubeck Plays Brubeck is a jazz album by pianist Dave Brubeck. It was Brubeck's first solo piano album and was originally issued under Columbia label as CL 878. It was recorded in two days at Brubeck's house. The cover features design by S. Neil Fujita. All the following statements by Brubeck himself can be found in the original liner notes. "The "compositions" in this album are not composed in the usual sense of the term. They are primarily sketches - a skeletal framework upon which improvise, to express a mood or emotion or stimulate musical ideas. These little offerings make no pretense as "composition", but at the same time I have tried to construct melody lines which have a certain value of their own, and above all to offer as...