Dave Digs Disney

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Dave Digs Disney
Studio album by
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Released1957
RecordedJune 29 & 30 and August 8, 1957
GenreJazz
Length50:17 (reissue)
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Dave Brubeck Quartet chronology
Plays and Plays and...
(1957) 		Dave Digs Disney
(1957) 		Jazz Goes to Junior College
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars [2]

Dave Digs Disney is a 1957 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It features jazz renditions of songs from the animated Disney films Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which makes it one of his most popular albums.[3] The reissue added, besides another one from Alice (Very Good Advice), So This Is Love from Cinderella.[4]

The original LP was issued only in mono, though stereo tapes were recorded at the time. The stereo mixes of the album's tracks were not widely available until later re-releases.[5]

Production[]

The Disney tunes played on this album were played by the quartet for some time, but it took a family trip to Disneyland to convince him to call up his producer and pitch his idea of a Disney album.[6]

At the time, Disney songs were considered below the talents of jazz musicians, yet Brubeck took a financial risk on the album and it paid off (even inspiring Miles Davis and John Coltrane to cover their own takes on the Disney songbook).[7]

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey except where noted.

  1. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 9:24
  2. "Give A Little Whistle" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 7:32
  3. "Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs' Marching Song)" – 3:53
  4. "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 4:49
  5. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" – 8:15
  6. "One Song" – 4:56
Reissue Bonus Tracks
  2. "Very Good Advice" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 5:31
  3. "So This Is Love" (Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston) – 5:56

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Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ George Avakin, jazz producer of Miles Davis and more, die at 98|Music|The Guardian
  4. ^ JUN 30 Disney History
  5. ^ Myers, Marc (May 26, 2011). "Dave Digs Disney". JazzWax. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  6. ^ Jazz At The Movies : 5 Cinematic Covers : A Blog Supreme : NPR
  7. ^ Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)|Cartoon Brew
  8. ^ Presto Jazz

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