Dave Brubeck has long served as proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. Although critics who had championed him when he was unknown seemed to scorn him when the Dave Brubeck Quartet became a surprise success, in reality Brubeck never watered down or altered his music in order to gain a wide audience. Dave Brubeck remains one of the few household names in jazz.

This 4 CD set contains his work from the late '40s through to the mid '50s, and covers both extremes of his popularity - from his beginnings as an unknown musician through to his appearance on the front cover of Time magazine in 1954.

Track Listing:
CD 1: PLAYLAND-AT-THE-BEACH
1. HOW HIGH THE MOON: Hamilton, Lewis (1949)
2. SERENADE’S SUITE: Van Kriedt (1949)
3. PLAYLAND-AT-THE-BEACH: Brubeck (1949)
4. PRISONER’S SONG: Massey (1949)
5. SCHIZOPHRENIC SCHERZO: Smith (1949)
6. RONDO: Brubeck (1949)
7. I HEAR A RHAPSODY: Frager, Baker, Bard, Gasparre (1949)
8. YOU GO TO MY HEAD: Coots, Gillespie (1949)
9. LAURA: Raksin, Mercer (1949)
10. BLUE MOON: Rodgers, Hart  (1949)
11. TEA FOR TWO: Caesar, Youmans (1949)
12. INDIANA: MacDonald, Hanley (1949)
13. LAURA: Raksin, Mercer (1949)
14. YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM: Brown, Kahn  (1950)
15. LULLABY IN RHYTHM: Goodman, Sampson, Profit (1950)
16. SINGING IN THE RAIN: Brown, Freed  (1950)
17. I’LL REMEMBER APRIL: Raye, De Paul  (1950)
18. BODY AND SOUL: Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green (1950)
19. LET’S FALL IN LOVE: Arlen, Koehler (1950)
20. ‘S WONDERFUL: Gershwin, Gershwin (1950)
21. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN: Bernie, Casey, Pinkard (1950)
22. UNDECIDED: Shavers, Robin  (1950)
23. SEPTEMBER SONG: Anderson, Weill (1950)
24. SPRING IS HERE: Rodgers, Hart  (1950)
25. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC: Mercer, Arlen (1950)
26. LOVE WALKED IN: Gershwin, Gershwin (1950)
27. IPCA: Smith (1950)
28. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?: Porter (1950)

CD 2: LYON’S BUSY
1. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT: Fields, Kern (1950)
2. SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN: Dubin, Warren (1950)
3. PRELUDE: Van Kriedt (1950)
4. FUGUE ON BOP THEMES: Van Kriedt (1950)
5. LET’S FALL IN LOVE: Arlen, Koehler (1950)
6. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS: Rodgers, Hart (1950)
7. SQUEEZE ME: Williams, Waller (1950)
8. TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS: Mercer, Whiting (1950)
9. HOW HIGH THE MOON: Hamilton, Lewis (1950)
10. HEART AND SOUL: Carmichael, Loesser (1950)
11. ALWAYS: Berlin (1950)
12. AVALON: Rose, De Sylva, Jolson (1950)
13. PERFIDIA: Dominquez (1950)
14. CRAZY CHRIS: Desmond, Brubeck (1951)
15. A FOGGY DAY: Gershwin, Gershwin (1951)
16. LYON’S BUSY: Brubeck (1951)
17. SOMEBODY LOVES ME: Gershwin, De Sylva, MacDonald (1951)
18. AT A PERFUME COUNTER: Burke, Leslie (1951)
19. MAM’SELLE: Goulding, Gordon (1951)
20. ME AND MY SHADOW: Rose, Jolson, Dreyer (1951)
21. FRENESI: Dominquez (1951)
22. LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING: Kern, De Sylva (1952)
23. MY ROMANCE: Rodgers, Hart (1952)
24. I MAY BE WRONG: Sullivan, Ruskin (1952)
25. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS: Porter (1952)
26. LULU’S BACK IN TOWN: Dubin, Warren (1952)
27. ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE: Hill, De Rose (1952)

CD 3: THESE FOOLISH THINGS
1. ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE: Kern, Hammerstein (1952)
2. ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Fain, Hilliard (1952)
3. STARDUST: Carmichael, Parish (1952)
4. OVER THE RAINBOW: Arlen, Harburg (1952)
5. YOU GO TO MY HEAD: Gillespie, Coots (1952)
6. GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE: Harline, Washington (1952)
7. OH, LADY BE GOOD: Gershwin, Gershwin (1952)
8. THIS CAN’T BE LOVE: Rodgers, Hart (1952)
9. TEA FOR TWO: Caesar, Youmans (1953)
10. BLUE MOON: Rodgers, Hart (1953)
11. LET’S FALL IN LOVE: Koehler, Arlen (1953)
12. THESE FOOLISH THINGS: Marvell, Link, Strachey (1953)
13. PERDIDO: Tizol, Lengfelder, Drake (1953)
14. STARDUST: Carmichael, Parish (1953)

CD 4: BALCONY ROCK
1. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT: Kern, Fields (1953)
2. HOW HIGH THE MOON: Lewis, Hamilton (1953)
3. I REMEMBER YOU: Mercer, Schertzinger (1953)
4. OUT OF NOWHERE: Heyman, Green (1954)
5. LE SOUK: Brubeck, Desmond (1954)
6. BALCONY ROCK: Brubeck, Desmond (1954)
7. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN: Strayhorn (1954)
8. THE SONG IS YOU: Hammerstein, Kern (1954)
9. DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT ME: Koehler, Bloom (1954)
10. I WANT TO BE HAPPY: Caesar, Youmans (1954)