| Dave Brubeck Octet | ||||
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| Studio album by Dave Brubeck Octet | ||||
| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | 1946–1950 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:24 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Dave Brubeck Octet chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
The Dave Brubeck Octet is ajazz album released by theDave Brubeck Octet in 1956. It compiles the octet's complete recorded output made between 1946 and 1950, which was originally released in other forms. The artwork was credited toArnold Roth.
Jack Sheedy, the owner of aSan Francisco–based record label called Coronet, was talked into making the first recording of an octet and a trio featuring Brubeck. But Sheedy was unable to pay his bills and in 1949 turned his masters over to his record stamping company, the Circle Record Company, owned by Max and Sol Weiss. The Weiss brothers soon changed the name of their business toFantasy Records.[3]
The first 10 songs on the compilation were recorded between 1946 and 1948 and were released starting in 1950 by Fantasy under the titleOld Sounds From San Francisco, first as twoEPs then as a single 10-inchLP. The final eight tracks were recorded in 1950 and first released on a 10-inch LP in 1956 under the titleDistinctive Rhythm Instrumentals. Later in 1956, Fantasy compiled the tracks fromOld Sounds From San Francisco andDistinctive Rhythm Instrumentals and issued theDave Brubeck Octet album as a 12-inch LP.[4]
Fantasy re-issued theDistinctive Rhythm Instrumentals album in its original 10-inch red vinyl format forRecord Store Day 2012.[5]
