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The Best Dave Brubeck Quartet Albums of All Time

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List RulesIn this case we are including both studio and live Dave Brubeck albums

The Dave Brubeck Quartet, collectively, are known as some of the best jazz musicians of all time, and Brubeck himself is regarded as one of the greatest bandleaders and jazz musicians of the Twentieth Century. This, then is a long and definitive list of the best Dave Quartet albums, including pictures of the album covers. This Dave Brubeck discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Dave Brubeck albums can be found at the top of the list. If you think the greatest Dave Brubeck album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Dave Brubeck Quartet album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

If you want to know, "What is the best Dave Brubeck Quartet album of all time?" or "What are the top Dave Brubeck Quartet albums?" then this list will answer your questions. List is made up of many different albums, including Time Out and Time Further Out.

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    Time Out

    1959

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Pick Up Sticks, Kathy's Waltz, Blue Rondo à la Turk

    Label: Columbia

    Genres (Music): Cool jazz, West Coast jazz

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    Time Changes

    1963

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck

    Producer: Teo Macero

    Tracks: Elementals, Unisphere, Theme From Elementals

    Length (mins): 00:38:16

    Genres (Music): Cool jazz, West Coast jazz

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    Time Further Out

    1961

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck

    Tracks: Charles Matthew Hallelujah, Bluette, Far More Drums

    Genres (Music): Cool jazz, West Coast jazz

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    Brubeck Time

    1955

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Why Do I Love You?, Stompin' for Mili, Pennies From Heaven

    Label: Columbia

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    Jazz at Oberlin

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    Jazz Goes to College

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    Dave Digs Disney

    1957

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Give a Little Whistle, Heigh-Ho! (The Dwarfs' Marching Song), When You Wish Upon a Star

    Label: Columbia

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    My Favorite Things

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    Dave Brubeck at Storyville: 1954

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    Jazz Goes to Junior College

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    Jazz Impressions of Japan

    1964

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck

    Tracks: Fujiyama, The City Is Crying, Koto Song

    Label: Columbia

    Genres (Music): Jazz

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    Time In

    1966

    Artist: Dave Brubeck

    Tracks: Lonesome, Forty Days, He Done Her Wrong

    Label: Columbia

    Genres (Music): Jazz

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    Brubeck Desmond

    1996

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: This Can't Be Love, Alice in Wonderland, Me and My Shadow

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    Countdown: Time in Outer Space

    1962

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Fast Life, Eleven Four, Someday My Prince Will Come

    Genres (Music): Cool jazz

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    Bossa Nova U.S.A.

    1962

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Cantiga nova swing, Lamento, Trolley Song

    Label: Columbia

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    Angel Eyes

    1962

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Will You Still Be Mine?, Let's Get Away From It All, Violets for Your Furs

    Label: Columbia

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    Gone With the Wind

    1959

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck

    Tracks: The Lonesome Road, Camptown Races (take 1), Gone With the Wind

    Length (mins): 00:40:28

    Genres (Music): Jazz

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    N.Y.C. Carnegie Hall, February 22, 1963

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    Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A.

    1957

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: History of a Boy Scout, Yonder for Two, Ode to a Cowboy

    Label: Columbia

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    Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein

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    Jazz Impressions of New York

    1964

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Producer: Teo Macero

    Tracks: Summer on the Sound, Theme From "Mr. Broadway", Something to Sing About

    Label: Columbia

    Genres (Music): Jazz

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    Anything Goes!: the Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter

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    Blue Rondo

    1987

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dave Brubeck

    Tracks: Swing Bells, Easy as You Go, How Does Your Garden Grow?

    Length (mins): 00:44:46

    Label: Concord Records

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    Jazz Impressions of Eurasia

    1958

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Nomad, Marble Arch, Calcutta Blues

    Label: Columbia

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    Southern Scene

    1960

    Artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Tracks: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Deep in the Heart of Texas, At the Darktown Strutters' Ball

    Label: Columbia

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