Red Hot and Cool

February 15th, 2010 in Hall of Fame, Jazz by lpcoverlover | 8 Comments

The Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond   “Jazz Red Hot and Cool”   Columbia Records   An intimate live recording of a small club date at Basin Street in New York City in 1955.   Set includes Lover, Little Girl Blue, Sometimes I’m Happy, The Duke, Indiana, and Love Walked In. This version of the quartet included Bob Bates on Bass and Joe Dodge on Drums.   This is still early Brubeck, with Desmond (blurred there on the left of the cover), but before the “classic” Quartet with Eugene Wright on bass and Joe Morello on Drums in 1958.   (That is the group that played on “Time Out” and the classic sixties “time signature” series of popular Brubeck releases.   Perhaps the last, big sellers in the genre prior to Motown and The Beatles invasion which knocked so many brilliant, jazz musicians to the sidelines of popular culture.)   On a personal note, I pulled this out of my stepfather’s collection at twelve, so the cover is burned in my memory.     Once – perhaps still – you could find this cover in 9 out of 10 dollar bins.

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8 Comments

1. #1 Scotty G. says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 6:54 am

   What a fantastic record! Definitely stands the test of time.

2. #2 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 7:56 am

   “Come on lady… Stop feedin’ me quarters, PLEASE!”

3. #3 baxtercat says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 10:56 am

   I’d like to hear this one.
   Desmond! …aaahhh.

4. #4 ~Red x Baron~ says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 11:40 am

   This RED loves Red on Valentines Day, or any day! A smooth and classy cover and Happy Valentine’s Day LPCL Ladies!!

5. #5 John Purlia says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

   Cool! I used this one as the background source material for one of my conceptual still life photos, titled “Last Call at the Vinyl Alibi Jazz Club” using records, toys, a vintage Silvertone radio and a vintage pulp paperback.

   Here’s a link to my interpretation:

   http://www.johnpurlia.com/Site/Gallery_-_Plastic_Prophets.html#13

6. #6 Lars Hoel says:
   February 15th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

   Could not be cooler if it tried …

7. #7 DanG says:
   February 16th, 2010 at 5:55 am

   A bit of trivia….This was released at the same time that Revlon introduced a new lipstick with the same name as the title.

8. #8 Alan R. Henry says:
   March 10th, 2010 at 2:24 pm

   DanG, the shade was offered by one of the lesser companies like Richard Hudnut or Cutex. I found my \new\ copy in the Woolworth’s dollar bin! Suzy Parker, the Revlon Girl was the model though.