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PRESS DEPARTMENT: PENN-WORID ATTRACTIONS @ Statc The.tre Blds. 520 Fifth lvenue Hafrisburs, Plnna. New YorL 36, N,Y. CEda! 8.4584 MU 2-5844 BILLffil: 1b1! tr th€ correct btutlg, I{o cbetrge! o! devLatids arc Freltt€d. P!6a6c deotroy all @t€rtal beld over lroE a IEevl,ou. elgage6nt rhould lt dtfler tn atry rEy troB the att cbed . ?FE DAVE SRUSECK qUAR?TT CO',UMBIA FECOXDIIiG ARASTS ;Elf$-HoRLl) A?IFAC r.i.oNg . 520 FlJth Avenue Siate theatre BulldlD€ l{et York, N. I. gerrlFburg, ?ennsyl'raBis Dea! FrLe0d , T6 help you orgg.n-tle an lven !lc?e Ii6irelfu1 sellLtg eaapalgn thdcugh Futlllelty, e:x]ll-.li.N6ttloE e,!d advert{6e@cnt, ou! ple€€ depalt&€nt bss coqptl d dlls uldque pre6d EeBu€.] " Ite are eocxfl.dent Lt rlii s!sj.6i.r g"ei,.tly 1:] qsk1le t.Ill.e engagc- @nt a guceesg, We sugg€si yqu B€rdrlte those parte af thld uE'nuaL that $ouLd be €L .table j.n'ye€x lorai r1ei?r!6!a!€, Jt!L1ng L! d?eee8. By dol.n€ tb1s, you i.Lll ha1'e more as;urs*ee el th:E Fubuclty sFl)earfuig lu Be!r8!!1nt, for edittr-c ere ?ei-q3{jrilt to pr{at pub- 1@ Itel"ty that ob\rioEdLy esrled " If lle can be of s,ny f,.rai:beJ arlls tanee i4 pfa,llnl.ng & s!ec- J.allzed 4eEIEi.gr1 in your terrlla1y, plerEe do nat hesl.t6,te to eall upon ud, Good luck, -1 - ---r'- 5.4JrV"z"'- Pf NN-i4'0RIJ) AtttsAerIoNS Penn-World Attlactions - PubLlcity lepaltBent - Earrisburg, Penneylvania DAIE BRUSICK IIST 0!' OUISTANDING ENGAGEIJENTS CI-RIiIEGIE ]IAL], , . , NEW YORK, I'i.Y. IiIEW YORK JAZZ F'SIIVAI . TiIEW YORK, N.Y. rEitlso1ilit sTAlTuli. NEW YoRK, rii.Y, ACATEIIY 0r l,1u6TC. , Hlll,ADXLPErA, PA, 3YMPilorry r$tt loslor, t{Asg. IP,SI,i-CE LICK JAZZ FESTIVAL IFENCII llCI(, Ii\DIAfiA SlIffATFoP,D SSA1€SEARIAN FESTIVAI. CAI'IA.DA ltEw?onT JAzz FESTIVAL . :\EWPORT, R.r. M0lilERy JAZZ FESTWAL , r'{ollTERYJ CALI!'ORNIA trF IAND llEw YoRK, N.Y. 3LU! r09 . CETCAGo, rLLlNorS BT,ACls,AlK . SAN FIIANCTSCo, CAr,rr. STOnrfILIE. BoSTON, ]r'rAgs. rowu cAslNo BUTTALO, llEW YoRK AFO|]O TIEATFE. .,,. NEW YoRK, N.Y. BASIi\- STFEXII IAST . , X,EW YoR(, N.Y. B],EVISIOI{ A?IEAIANCES tD sul,LwAtr ... c.3.s. TT}EX JAZZ SEOW . C. B, S. sTE\€ ATJEII ST{OW, . }1. B, C, t,foNft0R .. .N,3. C. ototrBus , , N. B. C. IOOK UP A}]D LIIE. N. B. C. corcAm CoMEDY ltolrR , . .,.,.C.3,S. DAVE SRLEXCK PI,AYE' AI,II]ST E\ERY MAJOR COI,IEGX AIID UNI1ERSITI TN tttr U}II@D STATES . Peru1-l,IorId Attractlons - P\rblicity Department - Haxrisblrrg, pennsyLvania hrhen DAI,D BR1TAECK I S pictule appe€.red on the cover oJ ITME magazlne, November 19rl+, it qar apparent tbat ihis t€.Ll, "!oner" Jronr California had 6uddenly ercrged as one oJ t]IIe le\,t Jazz nren to captu?e the interesit oJ the general publlc. The yeal prlor to TTME'a cover Etory, the Dave Srubeck quartei rnon the Doi.nf BEAT crlticrs poll a6 r1'elL a6 the reader,s polls of DOI'N BEAI and IEIRONOIE Br&gazineE. Jazz fand chose Dave 3lubeck ar the "Jazz ?elsonallty oi the Year'in 1954 and '55. Since then, the irlnnlng ci polL6 hai become a habit of the Quartet and il,6 nenbers - tbeir ooEt r:eceat honot plecing tbem fox the 6€cond congecLrtile year ar tbe top corobo oi irhe natlon ln tbe PLArS0Y poll", the largert of its kind. To a cs,sual observer, the ll9e oJ the Dave Brubeck Quartet geems lteteoxic, Birt to Dave Srubeck, his slrcce6E is the fruit oJ haxd Labor. "fie \",orked years $ithout recognltlon. our arrdience grei, gradually froo San l}ancicco to ],os Angeles, SaIt Lake, Chicago a1rd fiaalLy Ne Yo!k, AF leade!, I often didnrt nake enough to seet lrxaveL extrEnser) but each tc,.]! \ras a ganble on the future. I \tas sure tbat we woLrld gain acceptance if He could just hold out loag enough and reJule to coaproej.se. Tne Qu!.r bet bad a chance because ol the years oJ Hork that !,ent lnto the Cevelopment oJ the frlo and the octet." Ihe Dave Brubeek octet, a youthful, avante-garde jazz band vias organj-zed over ten yeard ago \rhen Dave lrae stiLl a student oJ Darlus l4iibaud at the l,11116 Gradualre SchooL, llbe octei; attxacted aeaiou5 ouEicianc by ita expe/lnents ln the use of couBtetpoint, {ugue, lolJtonality, poly- rhyth!3c and even poeltry In iazz. l1Fl1y ol ilhece expetirental idea6 irere carried over into f1e Trlo, 3?ubeck'E Jlrst recorded gxoup, llhen PauI lesmond, vrho had been one oJ the orlginal &enbers of the Octet,joined forces \,,itl Dave tn 1951, the not.l famoud Dave Srubeck Quartet ae launcbed. -2- ?en1]-llor Id AttractionE - Publictty Depart$ent - Hay!isburg, Pennsylvanla In the nanner ol pleseDtatlon and 1n the musicaL developrcnt oJ theEe vallous Srubeck glo\rps can be Jouad experiEentatlon \rbich anitcipated riany of tbe cusrent tlendg ln Jazz. Dave 3lubeck's earl,y txaLElng at the piano and celLo iras ln the elassical traditioE. Ee dtarted llaylng Jazz ln local dance bands (Ione, caliiornla) at tbe age of tbllteen, and as a &u!1c maJor at tbe college of tbe Pacific, Stochton, Calilolnlo, be orgs,nlzed a Elring band. EIE sludying and n'ritlng coBtlnued vh1le in the arry and aftex the \rax he ?eturned from E\rlope to gtudy theoxy and conpodition lloe Darius M1lbaud, "I ca!€ lo Mllhaud because f nanted to be a coropoEer. ge ad- vised oe to gtudy, but to not fotEake Jazz Ey nalrural heritage. I an not so"ry that I took his advl.ce, but I do vlsh I could devote Eole tlee to n'yltlng -- noj, only sketches fo! Jazz lbicb ale reel-Iy a franeto?k for improvising, but I \,,ould l-lke to exlEriraent ln more exiiended fords. Holiever," Dave contlnuer, "lt ls dlJficult to JeeI fruEtrated abouir composing 'rhen it 15 possible witb the Quartet to be creative nighl, ait€? night, To ll8, the quart€t Ls an lntegrated initruEent conelsting cr- iou_! individual soloistg, each oJ ahoo 18 a perforoex - corq)oger Ln iils o$n right, l4ttloever ha!trEnE to be taklng a 6010 lE both cooposer and conductor for the nooent, altd lt ld the duty aDd prlvtlege ol the other thr:ee to support hlB and bel! hLo to be cleatlve' To lind outLclans \rlth an lndividual aplxoach to J6,zz, ubo are willlng to al6o thlnk ln irerm6 oJ the group, is not an easy task, !aul, Cene, Joe and I have diJferent appxoaches. Con6equently our gro\r! 15 soeetlEes eEotional, sonetirles cerebral, sosletiEer bard-driving, 6oeetlBres light siringing, hu6o!ous or llojour , accordlng to tbe prevalllng mood and the conceptlon ol the soLoi6t. I have tried to avold euelcal stralt JacketE ln my oHo llaying and I have tried to not Jorce then u?oa the quaxtet ln a fruitl-egg search for: a rsouod' or a tstyLe. ' ?enn-World Attractlons - Publicity Delartment - Earti6burg, penn6ylvanla Consequentfy the quartet has been able to explole a variety oJ teehniques ar \,lell, as varying emotlonal expreE6lons. In thie ray we have been abLe to cross ovel muslcaL barllelg and reacb Eany people. lrubeck contlnueE to reacb dole and nore leople tbro\rgh the colLege concert tourE (a moveaente he began 1n 1953) and the Sulome! mu€ic festivals throughout the United States and Canada. the quartet haE appeared in San liego and CLeveland in pexJoloances oJ Eovard Brubeck's cooposlt:on, "Dlalogueg fcx Jazz Combo and Syephony orchestla" - a plece uiique 1n that it comblnes the lmprovisation of jazz \rith tbe coE?o6ed euEic of the Eyophony. Xarly in t95B the Dave hubeck Quartel played nost oJ Elrtope and the l"lidd le Ea6t on a Jour month tour fiblcb took tbeo bebind the Iron Curtaln into Poland, ar1d on to I\r!key, Indla, Paki6 iran, Ceyl-on, Aghanl6tan, Tran and lraq. The major portlon of thiE tour n'a6 EironEored by the U.S, State DepaltBEnt, and brougbt the Quartet lnto aleas that had never heard a live jazz performance before, An exaBple of thelr reactlon to Dave Brubeck's mulic 1E included ln the follo\"'lng lt€n flom a ne\islalex in Madrag, India. "In a city velL-knon'n fo! its cuLtural conEervatl.!o, in ure sense that uhile there j.6 a gxeat lntexegt in 6llen art forms there lE no coolayable acceptance of the valldlty of guch, s.n audLence oJ tre Lve hundred guccuirbed to tbe altlstry of the Jour talL young een Jroa ABerica, beJore hal-f a dozen bars oJ 'Eake the "A" T'!aln' .re!e played. ldany exlected clangy el-a6ox - thexe uasn'1, any. I4any exgected vulgaxlty - lrbere vasn,t any. On tl1e contrary, there $as urexpected helody, lntrlcate rhytbns, di6ciplined im- lrovidation, and the spontaaeous Joy of creatlng aLternately lacy and gothic patterns oJ sound Jlon tlre bare bones oJ muglcal natexlaLE - 1n otber $otd. it paE Eueb Like a South Ind lan claEslcal Busic concext except that ttre muslcal language HaE dllJexent. llhen the predoalnantly Eindu audience got over its initial surprise, lt EtadlEd and cheeled ju€t llke a gloup oJ Arer1can hep cats . " -4 - Penn-l{orld Attxactions - ?ublicity Depart6ent - Harlj.sburg, pennsylvania PAUL NESMonD: [he Dave Brubeck Trlo becanE the Dave Srubeck Quartet ln 1951 vhen ?aul Dee@nd added hiE al-to sax !o the group.