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Concert Programs Box 1: Programs, 1934-1959 1 HOLT ATHERTON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MS4: BRUBECK COLLECTION SERIES I: PAPERS SUBSERIES F: CONCERT PROGRAMS BOX 1: PROGRAMS, 1934-1959 1.F.1.1: 1934-1947 a- [Ione School] Student Concert, c1934 [DB in choir for “Double-crossed” an operetta] b- Mills College Composition Students---Oakland CA, May 15, 1946 [Two Preludes; DB, piano] c- Concert of Music and Dance---Mills College, March 19, 1947 [Gay in Spirit; music by DB] 1.F.1.2: 1948-1949 a- Phi Mu Alpha Recital, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA, Jan 17, 1949 [arr. jazz incl. DB “Laura” Miniature Dance Suite; “jam session”; The Jazz Workshop Ensemble (The Dave Brubeck Octet)] b- Marines Memorialm Auditorium---San Francisco CA, Mar 6, 1949 [arr. jazz incl. DB “Laura”; Miniature Dance Suite; “jam session”; The Jazz Workshop Ensemble (The Dave Brubeck Octet)] c- U of California, Berkeley, Apr 3, 1949 [jazz arr. incl. “Stardust” (Desmond) & “Laura” (Brubeck); Miniature Dance Suite; “jam session”; The Jazz Workshop Ensemble (The Dave Brubeck Octet)] d- Mills College Composition Students---Oakland CA, May 19, 1949 [Reminiscences of the Cattle Country; Ruth Strassman, piano] e- Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck presents Terrance Ray O’Reilly in a Piano Recital, Sutter Creek High School, June 26, 1949 1.F.1.3: 1950-1951 a- “The 8" & the DB Trio---Mills College, Oakland CA, Apr 30, 1950 2 [DB, Ron Crotty, Cal Tjader; The Octet; Trio played standards; one DB arr. “Curtain Music” and one composition “Playland-At-The-Beach” played by Octet] b- Young Artists Guild of the West---Santa Rosa [CA] JC, Jan 30, 1951 [Reminiscences of the Cattle Country; Richard Noera, piano] c- Concerts, Inc. Presents “New Sounds in Modern Jazz.” [Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Cal Tjader] Marines Memorial Theater, San Francisco. n.d. (1950?) San Jose Concert [The 8, n.d. (c1950)] 1.F.1.4: 1952-1953 a- Jimmy Lyons presents “Jazz at Sunset,” Carmel [CA] Sept. 8, 1953 [DBQ w/ Red Norvo Trio] b- Berkeley [CA] Little Theatre, Dec 19, 1953 [DB Octet; repertoire not indicated] c- Norman Granz’ Jazz At the Philharmonic---Los Angeles, n.d. [1952?] [DB not a participant] d- Gene Norman Presents “Just Jazz”, n.d. [1953?] [DB, Desmond, Ron Crotty, Lloyd Davis according to the text, although the accompanying photo includes Bull Ruther and Herb Barman instead] e- Wilshire Ebell Theatre [Los Angeles] July 20, 1953 f- Jazz at Davis [University of California, Davis] May 17 [1953 or 1954] 1.F.1.5: 1954-1955 a- “A program of Modern Jazz,” New Haven CT, Feb 23, 1954 [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Dodge] b- The Union 3rd Annual Jazz Concert---Cincinnati OH, Mar 6, 1954 [DB, Desmond, Ron Crotty, Joe Dodge] c- San Diego [CA] Symphony Orchestra, Aug 10, 1954 [Howard Brubeck Overture to The Devil’s Disciple; DB not a participant] d- Norman Granz Modern Jazz Concert---Carnegie Hall, NYC, Oct 16, 1954 3 [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Dodge] e- The Mens Club Of State University of NY, New York, NY, February 2 f- Wittenberg College, Ohio [February 17, 1955] g- Ravinia Festival, Chicago, Jul 11, 1955 [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Dodge] h- Newport [RI] Jazz Festival, Jul 16, 1955 [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Dodge] i- Buffalo [NY] Pops Orchestra, Jul 19, 1955 [DBQ played improvised versions of standards after orch. played symphonic arr.; probably DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Dodge] j- “New Jazz At Carnegie” NYC, n.d. [1955?] [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Dodge] k- Norman Granz presents “the Duke Ellington Concert” [Gerry Mullington, Dave Brubeck, stan Getz] 1955. l- [Sacramento, c.1955] Jazz at J.C. m- Warren Junior Chamber of Commerce [c.1955] 1.F.1.6: 1956 a- Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara CA, Jan 30 [Gone w/ the Wind” , “ The Duke”, “In Your Own Sweet Way”, “The Way You Look Tonight”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “Lets Fall In Love”, “All the Things You Are”, “Out of Nowhere”, “Brother”, “Can You Spare a Dime?”, “Indiana”, “Little Girl Blue”, “Lover”, “Here Lies Love”, “Trolley Song”; DB, Paul Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge] b- Central Contra Costa [CA] Youth Concerts at Las Lomas H.S., Feb 5 [DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge]. c- Modern Jazz ’56, Davenport IA, Mar 16 [“Gone w/ the Wind,” “All the things you are,” “Brother, can you spare a dime?,” “Lover,” “Trolley Song,” “The Duke,” “Take the A Train”; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge w/ Duke Ellington Orch.] 4 d- Ravinia Festival Association, Chicago, Jul 2 & 4 [Gone with the Wind”, “ Stompin for Mili”, “Here lies Love”, “Lover”, “Fare Thee Well”, “Annabelle”, “Star Dust”, “I’m in a Dancing Mood”; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge] e- Stadium Concerts, NYC, Jul 14 [DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge w/ Louis Armstrong All-Stars] f- San Diego Symphony, Jul 31 [Four Dialogues for Jazz Combo & Symphony Orchestra by Howard Brubeck & jazz; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Dodge] g- NY Jazz Festival, Sep 1956 [DB mentioned in article on Washington Jazz but not apparently performing] 1.F.1.7: 1957-1958 a- Five Outstanding Young Men Award Dinner, Glendale CA, Jan 26, 1957 [DB receives award from California Junior Chamber of Commerce] b- Irving Granz’ “Jazz a la Carte,” no loc., Jan 15/17, 1957 [DB, Desmond, Bob Bates, Joe Morello] c- Palo Alto [CA]/Stanford NAACP, Palo Alto H.S., Jun 5, 1957 d- Cleveland [OH] Summer Orchestra Pops Concerts, Jul 18, 1957 [Dialogues for Jazz Quartet & Symphony Orchestra by Howard Brubeck + jazz; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Morello] e- “Class of 57 Presents” Pomona [CA] College, n.d. [1957?] f- National Jazz Federation Presents the DBQ & The Jazz Couriers, England Tour, Feb 8-22, 1958 g- “Das berühmte Dave Brubeck-Quartett aus USA,” Germany, Mar 1958 [DB, Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello] h- “Dave Brubeck” (Polish program) Poland, March 1958 5 i- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Eros Theatre, Bombay, India, Apr 3, 1958 [DB, Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello] j- Donovan Andree presents DBQ, Green House, Victorian Park, Colombo, Ceylon, ca April 20, 1958 [incl. suggested program of tunes; Brubeck, Desmond, Morello, Wright]. k- “USIS presents a recorded music program: Jazz Goes to Junior College,” Colombo, Ceylon, Apr 16, 1958 [incl. DB bio] l- “Iranian Oil Refining Co. presents DBQ,” Abadan, Iran, May 4, 1958 [DB, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello] m- Monterey Jazz Festival, Oct. 3, 4, 5, 1958 n- Oakland [CA] Symphony Orchestra, Dec 16, 1958 [Howard Brubeck Dialogues & jazz; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Morello] o- Jazz For Moderns---no loc., n.d. [late 1958?] [DB, Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello] p- American Jazz Festival Newport, July 4, 5, 6, 7 [1957] [Jazz Impressions of the USA; DB, Desmond, Norman Bates, Joe Morello] 1.F.1.8: 1959 a- USIS presents A Recorded Music Program, Colombo, Ceylon, Mar 18, 30 [playing of “DBQ in Europe”] b- Newport Jazz Festival, England Tour, Sep c- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Birmingham, England, Nov 11, 18, 1959 [“Diversions” for organ; i.e. arr. of Pastel & Two Part Contention] d- NY Philharmonic, Dec 10-12 [Howard Brubeck Dialogues; DB, Desmond, Eugene Wright, Joe Morello] e- Carnegie Hall Program for the above concert 6 SERIES I: PAPERS SUBSERIES F: CONCERT PROGRAMS BOX 2: PROGRAMS, 1960-1967 1.F.2.1: 1960 a- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Rome, Feb 20 [DB Two Part Contention] b- “The World Famous Dave Brubeck Quartet feat. Paul Desmond,” Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta, Georgia. May, 5, 1960 [presented by Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Spelman College Student Government Association] c- lst Intercollegiate Jazz Festival---Georgetown U, Washington DC, May 7 d- U. Minnesota Jazz Festival, Minneapolis, May 13 e- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Plymouth, England, May 30 [DB Two Part Contention] f- LA Music Festival, Jun 3 [Howard B Dialogues; DBQ w/ LA Festival orch., Franz Waxman, cond.] g- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Oxford, England, Jun 11 [DB Two Part Contention] h- 2nd Annual American Jazz Festival---Detroit MI, Aug 19 [DB, Desmond, Wright, Morello] i- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Peterborough, England, Oct 19 [DB Two Part Contention] j- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Edinburgh, Scotland, n.d. [DB Two Part Contention] 1.F.2.2: 1961 7 a- Harold Davison Presents DBQ, England Tour, Jan 21-29 b- Fred Tulan Organ Recital---Birmingham, England, Feb 22 [DB Chorale & Variations, 1961] c- MSA Presents DBQ, Feb 26 d- 6th Annual Southeastern Region Ballet Festival---Louisville KY, Apr 8 [DB “Shortnin Bread”, “Camptown Races”, “Ol Man River” from Southern Scene album arr. by DB and performed as ballet Minstrel by Atlanta Concert Dance Group] e- Atlanta GA, Apr 20-22 [same as b] f- 2nd Annual Aqua Jazz Concert---Seattle WA, May [?] g- Saugatuck [MI] Music Festival, Aug 11 h- Shorewood [WI] Opportunity School, Oct 3 [DB, Desmond, Wright, Morello] i- DBQ w/ the Sacramento [CA] Symphony Orchestra, Oct 28 [Howard Brubeck Brandenburg Gate & arr. of DB “Summer Song” “Cathy’s Waltz” and “G Flat Theme” + jazz] j- Harold Davidson presents the DB Quartet Featuring Paul Desmond, Joe Morello, Gene Wright on a Tour of Great Britain, November-December 1961. k- American Ballet Theatre, NYC, n.d. [1961] [Points On Jazz] 1.F.2.3: 1962 a- 1st International Jazz Festival---Washington DC, May 31-Jun 3 b- Madison Square Garden Jazz Concerts---NYC, Jun 14-15 c- Hollywood Bowl---LA, Jun 23 d- 1st Annual Las Vegas [NV] Jazz Festival---Jul 7-8 8 e- Ohio Valley Jazz Festival---Cincinnati OH?, Aug 24 [DB, Desmond, Wright, Morello] f- 5th Annual Monterey [CA] Jazz Festival---Sep 21-23 g- The Dave Brubeck Quartet Souvenir Brochure [British Tour]---Oct h- Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, 1962-1963 i- Triangle Theatrical Productions, Civic Opera House—April 28 i.
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