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Record labels are listed alphabetically. Within a label, albums are listed chronologically. Some albums are listed under several labels. Click on the name of the record label for a direct link to their current catalogue for Dave Brubeck. Click on the album title for more info on dates, tracks, personnel, etc. Unless otherwise indicated in this list, the Quartet is with Paul Desmond.
To help you orient yourself chronologically, Brubeck in the main released on Fantasy from 1946-1954, Columbia from 1954-1972, Atlantic from 1971-1974, A&M from 1975-1976, Concord from 1979-1987, MusicMasters from 1987-1993, and Telarc from 1994-present. The many other record labels noted here are responsible for occasional one-off albums, re-releases in different countries licensed from the original label, and some bootlegs.
Affinity
The New Brubeck Quartet - Live at Montreux (1977, w/Brubeck kids) (Affinity AFF201, Tomato TOM 7018)
A&M
Brubeck - Desmond 1975 - The Duets (A&M 394915, Horizon SP703)
DBQ 25th Anniversary Reunion (1976, w/Desmond) (A&M CDA0806)
Astor
The Greats!!! Dave Brubeck (Correll compositions, Astor GG547)
Atlantic
Truth Is Fallen (cantata, 1972) (Atlantic SD1606)
The Last Set at Newport (1971, w/Gerry Mulligan) (Atlantic 1607, 781382)
We're All Together Again for the First Time (1972, w/Desmond,Mulligan) (Atlantic 1641, 781390)
Two Generations of Brubeck (1973, w/Brubeck kids) (Atlantic SD1645, 40537B)
All the Things We Are (1973/4, w/Ant. Braxton, Lee Konitz) (Atlantic 1684)
Brother, The Great Spirit Made Us All (w/kids,June 1974) (Atlantic SD1660)
The Art of Dave Brubeck - the Fantasy Years (Oberlin + Pacific) (Atlantic SD2317, 60079A)
ANG
Jazz Sonatas (1995? one composition only) (ANG 55061)
BandStand
DBQ Live featuring Paul Desmond (Shish kebab etc. 1954,59) (Bandstand BDCD 1538)
BlueNite
DB Take Five (1960, Take five etc. + Jimmy Rushing blues) (Object Enterprises OR0064, BlueNite BN006)
CAN-AM
DBQ Canadian Concert (1965) (CAN-AM 1500)
Cleo
Sound of Jazz (1988, DBQ, Pat Metheny, BB King) (Cleo CLCD 5006)
CMA
Live at Montreux 1982 (released 1995) (CMA 15015)
Live (released 1996) (CMA 18009)
Columbia/CBS
see under Sony
Concord
Back Home (1979, w/Jerry Bergonzi) (Concord CJ103)
Tritonis (1980, w/Jerry Bergonzi) (Concord CJ129)
Paper Moon (1981, w/Jerry Bergonzi) (Concord CJ178, CCD4178)
Concord on a Summer's Night (1982, w/Bill Smith) (Concord CJ198, CCD4198)
For Iola (1985, w/Bill Smith) (Concord CJ259, CCD4259)
Reflections (1986, w/Bill Smith) (Concord CJ299, CCD4299)
Blue Rondo (1987, w/Bill Smith) (Concord CJ317, CCD4317)
Moscow Night (1987, w/Bill Smith) (Concord CJ353, CCD4353)
Piano Jazz (1984, Marian McPartland interviews Brubeck for NPR) (JZA 12001, TJA 12001, TJA 12043-2)
Decca
The Light in the Wilderness An oratorio for today (Decca DXSA-7202, MCA MUCS 131/2)
Deja Vu
Brubeck - the Collection (compilation tape) (Deja Vu DVMC2036)
Direct-to-Disk
The New Brubeck Quartet - A Cut Above! (Direct-to-Disk DD 106)
Drive
These Foolish Things (Jazz Club / Drive DRV 3510)
EastWorld
The Aurex Jazz Festival (EastWorld EWJ 80239)
Fantasy
DB Trio - Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (Fantasy 3-1, maybe same as 3331)
DB Trio - Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (Fantasy 3-2, maybe same as 3332)
DB Octet (Fantasy 3-3)
DB Trio - Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (Fantasy 3-4)
DB Trio (Fantasy 3204, maybe same as, 3331)
DB Trio (Fantasy 3205, maybe same as 3332)
Jazz at the Blackhawk (Fantasy 3210, F-24727)
Brubeck-Desmond (Fantasy 3229, F-24728)
DB Quartet (Fantasy 3230, F-24728)
DB Octets (Fantasy 3239)
DB Octet - Old Sounds of San Francisco (Fantasy 4019)
Jazz at Storyville (Fantasy 3240, F-24727)
Jazz at Wilshire-Ebell (Fantasy 3249)
DB plays and plays and... (solo, 1957) (Fantasy 3259, OJCCD-716-2 reissue)
Two Knights at the Black Hawk (Fantasy 3298)
Brubeck Trio with Cal Tjader Vol.1 (Fantasy 3331, maybe same as 3204, 3-1)
Brubeck Trio with Cal Tjader Vol.2 (Fantasy 3332, maybe same as 3205, 3-2)
Dave Brubeck Trio - 24 Classic Recordings (1950/51) (Fantasy CDJZD005, collects 3-1, 3-2, 3-4)
Dave Brubeck - Paul Desmond (Blackhawk & Storyville, 1952/3/4) (Fantasy F-24727, collects 3210 & 3240)
Stardust (Fantasy F-24728, collects 3229 & 3230)
Jazz at Oberlin (1953) (Fantasy F3-11, 3245, OJC046, CDRIVM007)
Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953) (Fantasy F3-13, 3223, OJC047)
Jazz at the College of the Pacific 2 (1953/2002) (Fantasy OJCCD-1076-2)
Reunion Brubeck-Desmond-van Kreidt (Brubeck Quintet) (Fantasy 3268, OJC150)
Brubeck a la Mode (1960, w/Bill Smith) (Fantasy 3301, OJC200)
Near Myth with Bill Smith (1961) (Fantasy 3319, OJC236)
The DBQ featuring Paul Desmond in Concert (selections from Oberlin and Pacific) (Fantasy F-60013)
Fontana
All Night Long (DB,TubbyHayes,JDankworth,CMingus,etc.) (Fontana STFL 5179)
DBQ in Europe 1958 (see CBS CS8128 below) (Fontana TFL 5034)
Four Star
These Foolish Things (Four Star 40086)
Giants of Jazz
NYC Carnegie Hall Concert February 1963 (Giants of Jazz CD53031)
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond (compilation tape, 1954/61/63) (Giants of Jazz MCJT3)
Hallmark
Instant Brubeck (1954, s/a Brubeck Time, CBS CL622)
(Hallmark HM553, Harmony 11253, also on Mr. Pickwick MPD267 as Jazz Anthology Vol.3 - DB)
Jazz Alliance
Piano Jazz (1984, Marian McPartland interviews Brubeck for NPR) (JZA 12001, TJA 12001, TJA 12043-2)
Jazz Band
DBQ Live from Basin Street NYC (1956/7) (Jazz Band EB402, EBCD2102-2)
Jazz Club
These Foolish Things (Jazz Club / Drive DRV 3510)
Jazz Hour With
Someday My Prince Will Come (live, 1965) (JHR 73572)
Jazz Music of Yesterday
Take Five Live (1967) (JMY 1001-2)
Joker
Dave Brubeck (Shish kebab) (Joker SM3804)
Limelight (Decca)
see under MusicMasters
LRC Ltd / LaserLight
Dave Brubeck - The Quartet (1989) (LRC/LaserLight 17080)
Masters
Giants of Jazz and Blues in Concert (DB, Pat Metheny, BB King) (Masters MAMC 9281285)
Melodia (USSR)
DBQ In Moscow Volumes 1+2 (1987, w/Bill Smith) (Melodia 301-930-07, 301-950-01)
MCA
The Gates of Justice A cantata (1969, MCA MACS-3477)
Brubeck Mulligan Cincinnati (rec 1970) (Decca MCAD-42347)
The Light in the Wilderness An oratorio for today (Decca DXSA-7202, MCA MUCS 131/2)
MusicMasters
New Wine (1987, w/ B.Smith, Montreal Int. Jazz Fest. Orch.) (Limelight 820830)
Quiet as the Moon (1991, Charlie Brown soundtrack w/Millitello, Matt Brubeck) (MusicMasters 01612-65067)
Once When I Was Very Young (1991, w/Bill Smith) (MusicMasters 01612-65083, Limelight 844298)
Trio Brubeck (Brubeck + kids, 1993) (MusicMasters 01612-65102)
Moon Records
St Louis Blues (1959/62, KQED TV + interview) (Moon Records MCD028)
Take the Five Train (compilation) (Moon MCD 052-2)
Object Enterprises
The Collection - DB (1960, Take five etc. + Jimmy Rushing blues) (Object Enterprises OR0064, BlueNite BN006)
Philips
DBQ Storyville (1954) (Phillips BBL-7018, same as CBS CL590?)
DB and Jay and Kai at Newport (1956) (Phillips BBL-7147, Columbia CL932)
Philology
Sweet Paul, Volume 1 (1958) (Philology W72-2)
Phoenix
John Salmon plays Dave Brubeck Piano Compositions (1995, solo piano) (Phoenix PHCD-130)
Sandy Hook (Radiola)
Rare Radio Recordings 1953/4 (Sandy Hook SH2064)
Sony/CBS/Columbia
Jazz at Storyville (1954) (Columbia CL590, differs from Fantasy 3240)
Brubeck Time (1954) (Columbia CL622, reissued on Interchanges '54)
Jazz Red Hot and Cool (1954) (Columbia CL699, CS8645, partly reissued on Interchanges '54)
Interchanges '54 (Columbia 467917, best of Brubeck Time & Jazz Red Hot and Cool)
Jazz goes to College (1954) (Columbia CL566, CL6321, CS8631, 465682, CK45149)
Brubeck plays Brubeck (solo, 1955) (Columbia CL878)
DB and Jay and Kai At Newport (1956) (Columbia CL932, Phillips BBL-7147)
Dave Digs Disney (1956) (Columbia CL1059, SOPM143(Jap), 21060)
Jazz Impressions of the USA (~1957) (Columbia CL984)
Jazz Goes to Jr. College (~1958) (Columbia CL1034)
DBQ in Europe (1958) (Columbia CL1168, CS8128, Phillips xxxx)
Newport '58 - DB plays Ellington (1958) (Columbia CL1249, CS8082, 450317)
Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (1958) (Columbia CL1251, CS8058, 471249, CK48531)
Gone with the Wind (1959) (Columbia CS8156, CK 40627, 33666, 450984)
Take Five (single?) (Columbia 31769)
Time Out (1959) (Columbia CL1397, CS8192, CPK1181(Korea), BPG 62068, 22013, 33666, 460611)
West Side Story / Brubeck plays Bernstein plays Brubeck (1960, DB4 one side, DB4+orch side 2) (Columbia CS8257, 32734)
Tonight Only (with Carmen McRae, Sept 1960, rel.1961) (Columbia CS 8409)
Gold & Fizdale play Brubeck's Jazz Ballet "Points on Jazz" (Brubeck plays on 1 track, w/ Carmen McRae) (Columbia CL1678)
Take Five Live (with Carmen McRae, recorded live at Basin Street East, Columbia, 1961) (Columbia CL2316)
Time Further Out - Miro Reflections (1961) (Columbia CL1690, CL8490, BPG 62078, 22013)
Brubeck & Rushing (with Jimmy Rushing, the blues singer, rec Jan 1960, rel 1961) (Columbia CS 8583)
The Riddle (1961, w/Bill Smith) (Columbia CL1454, CS8248)
The Real Ambassadors (1961, w/Satchmo,McRae,LH&R) (Columbia OL5850, 467140)
Countdown Time in Outer Space (1962) (Columbia CL1775, CS8575, BPL 62013)
Jazz Impressions of Japan (Columbia CS 9012)
Southern Scene (Columbia CS8235, BPL 62069)
Bossa Nova USA (rec 1962, rel 1963) (Columbia CL1998, CS8798, BPL 62127)
Brandenburg Gate Revisited (rec 8/61, rel 1963, DB4 + Orch) (Columbia CS8763)
Anything Goes (Cole Porter compositions) (Columbia CL2602, BPG 62921, CS9402)
Brubeck in Amsterdam (rec 62 rel 1963) (Columbia CS9897, 63789)
DBQ at Carnegie Hall (1963) (Columbia C2S 826, C2L-26, BPG 62155/6, 66234)
The Great Concerts (Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam, Copenhagen 58/63) (Columbia 462403)
Jazz Impressions of New York (1964) (Columbia CS9075, 466971)
In Berlin (1964, with Desmond, Wright, Morello, rare) (Columbia 62578)
Time Changes (~64, DB4 1 side, + Orch side 2) (Columbia CS8927)
Angel Eyes (rec 62/65, Matt Dennis Comp.) (Columbia CS9148)
My Favorite Things (~65, Rodgers compositions) (Columbia CS9237)
DBQ plays music from West Side Story and ... (1960/62/65) (Columbia 450410)
Time In (1966) (Columbia CS9312, 474635)
Bravo! Brubeck! (1967, live in Mexico, Mex.songs) (Columbia CS9495, 63098, 465623)
The Last Time We Saw Paris (1967) (Columbia CS9672, 63358)
Jackpot (rec 1966, live in Las Vegas) (Columbia CS9512, 63187)
Compadres (1968, w/Gerry Mulligan, live in Mexico) (Columbia 63395)
Blues Roots - DB Trio with Gerry Mulligan (1968?) (Columbia 63517)
Summit Sessions - DB with special guests (59/61/62/66/67/68) (Columbia 30522, 64377)
Adventures in Time (1968?, Time Out pieces + live takes) (Columbia 30625, 66291)
Live at the Berlin Philharmonie (1972, w/Gerry Mulligan) (Columbia 67261, C2K 64820)
La Fiesta de la Posada (Christmas cantata in Mexican folk style, 1975)
Buried Treasures (1998)
Right Now! (1967) (Columbia DS-288)
The Essence of DB (compilation) (Sony/CBS CK 47931)
The Essential... (11 track compilation, 1954-65) (Columbia 467148, 473734)
The Essential Dave Brubeck (31 track 2-CD compilation) (Columbia C2K 06993)
DB's Greatest Hits (1966 compilation) (Columbia GS9284, 32046, 62710, Fantasy 8372)
On Campus (Columbia 31298)
All-time Greatest Hits (Columbia 32761)
Time Signatures: a Career Retrospective (4-CD box-set) (Sony/Columbia Legacy)
Dave Brubeck - Jazz Collection (2-CD selection from Time Signatures) (Sony/Columbia Legacy C2K 64160)
This is Jazz #3 (1996 compilation) (Sony/CBS CK64615)
This is Jazz #39 - DB plays standards (1998 compilation) (Sony/CBS CK65450)
Selection (3-CD compilation) (Sony/CBS 474769)
Ken Burns Jazz (compilation, 2000) (Sony/CBS CK61442)
Love Songs (compilation, 2000) (Sony/CBS CK66029)
Vocal Encounters (compilation, 2001) (Sony/CBS CK61551)
Ballads (compilation, 2002) (Sony/CBS JK89919)
Supraphon
Dave Brubeck (1971) (Czechslovakian Supraphon 15 1029)
Telarc
Late Night Brubeck - Live from the Blue Note (w/Militello, 1994) (Telarc CD-83345)
db -Young Lions & Old Tigers (DB + special guests, 1995) (Telarc CD-83349)
Night Shift - Live at the Blue Note (w/Militello+Smith, 1995) (Telarc CD-83351)
In Their Own Sweet Way (w/kids, 1996) (Telarc CD-83355)
Just You Just Me (solo piano, 1995) (Telarc CD-83363)
To Hope! - A Celebration (w/Millitello+orchestra+ choir, 1996) (Telarc CD-80430)
Double Live from the USA and UK (w/Millitello, 1998) (Telarc CD-83400)
A DB Christmas (solo piano, 1998) (Telarc CD-83410)
So What's New? (w/Millitello, 1999) (Telarc CD-83434)
40th Anniversary Tour of the UK (w/Millitello, 1999) (Telarc CD-83440)
One Alone (solo piano, 2000) (Telarc CD-83510)
The Crossing (w/Millitello, 2001) (Telarc CD-83520)
Park Avenue South (w/Millitello, 2002) (Telarc CD-83570)
Classical Brubeck (2003) (Telarc CD-80621)
Private Brubeck Remembers (2004) (Telarc CD-83605)
Tomato
The New Brubeck Quartet - Live at Montreux (1977, w/Brubeck kids) (Affinity AFF201, Tomato TOM 7018)
Vogue
DB Trio and Octet (Vogue LAE-12008, maybe same as Fantasy 3204,3205,3239 above)
Zoun
Famous Dave Brubeck (Zoun 2720044)