01	On The Sunny Side of the Street						07:45
	02	Love for Sale						08:37
	03	Elegy						04:54
	04	Don't Forget Me						11:01
	05	Love is Just Around the Corner						08:18
	06	On a Slow Boat to China						04:46
	07	I Love Vienna						06:42
	08	Crescent City Stomp						06:15
	09	Take Five						06:54
	10	Show Me the Way to Go Home						06:17

Park Avenue South: Live At Starbucks
by
Dave Brubeck Quartet

Released: 03/25/2003
Label: Telarc Jazz Zone
UPC: 089408357022

Dave Brubeck Quartet—Park Avenue South

(Telarc CD-83570)
Feb. 28, 2003
Keith & Kent Zimmerman
Contributing Editors



Telarc
Dave Brubeck, a Jazz pianist treasure at age 82, has reached out to the modern world in the most unique fashion. If the people won’t come to Jazz, then, darn it, bring Jazz directly to the people. In that spirit, Brubeck and his quartet performed live for this CD at a Park Avenue Starbucks Coffee outlet! Telarc brought along their traveling “Direct Stream Digital” recording system and captured every note in its robust, full-bodied, mellow-roasted context. The result is Park Avenue South, an incredible radio friendly release. Burbeck’s dulcet Steinway tones are lush and sophisticated, right from the opening standard, “On the Sunny Side of the Street.” What makes Brubeck’s music so special is his popularization of unique time signatures like, yes, the famous “Take Five,” of which a brand new version is featured on Park Avenue South. Buffalo saxophonist Bobby Militello is a juggernaut on alto sax and flute. On the rousing “I Love Vienna,” we get a bouncy 3/4 (or perhaps a 6/8 because of its whirlwind, up tempo feel) as Militello conjures up the spirit of Paul Desmond in the opening minutes, only to free blow the rest of the way as the tune gathers steam. Brubeck and company braved a difficult live gig. The celebrated pianist was literally stuck next to the storefront window in the middle of downtown Manhattan. Imagine the concentration powers he had to summon with gawking New Yorkers eyeballing him from outside on the busy sidewalk. But the sounds are truly magical and listeners will adore each crisp performance.   

Keith & Kent Zimmerman are JazzWeek contributing editors and the authors of the best seller Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club. The latest book, Ridin' High, Livin' Free, will be out in paperback in June. Their first novel, Dead In 5 Heartbeats, published by Wm Morrow/HarperCollins, will be released in October.

Dave Brubeck Quartet Park Avenue South. - sound recording review
Down Beat ,  June, 2003  by John McDonough



TELARC 83570

*** 1/2

In a nice stroke of borrowed interest, Starbucks further solidifies its association with jazz as a symbol of civility and sophistication by making itself the unexpected venue for this recital by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The intimacy of the occasion is reflected via two Brubeck meditations, ""Elegy"" and ""Don't Forget Me."" Otherwise, the environment does not dampen enthusiasm, particularly Brubeck's and saxophonist Bobby Militello's.

Militello is an interesting case study in the cruel science of underrecognition. After a decade with Maynard Ferguson, he came into the spotlight with Brubeck when the pianist returned to his original quartet format in the late '80s. In that context, Militello's alt

Credits

Bass – Michael Moore (2)
Drums – Randy Jones (3)
Edited By – Erica Brenner, Thomas C. Moore
Engineer [Mix] – Robert Friedrich (4)
Engineer [Recording] – Jack Renner
Executive Producer – Robert Woods
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Producer [Recording] – Russell Gloyd
Saxophone [Alto], Flute – Bobby Militello

Notes
Recorded live at a Starbucks Coffee shop at 29th and Park Avenue South in New York City, July 10-11, 2002.

The recordings were made with a Sony/Phillips Direct Stream Digital (DSD) recording system.