Dave Digs Disney

Dave Digs Disney is a 1957 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It features jazz renditions of songs from the animated Disney films Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which makes it one of his most popular albums.[2] The reissue added, besides another one from Alice (Very Good Advice), So This Is Love from Cinderella.[3]

Dave Digs Disney
Studio album by
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Released1957
RecordedJune 29 & 30 and August 8, 1957
GenreJazz
Length50:17 (reissue)
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Dave Brubeck Quartet chronology
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The original LP was issued only in mono, though stereo tapes were recorded at the time. The stereo mixes of the album's tracks weren't widely available until later re-releases.[4]

Production

The Disney tunes played on this album were played by the quartet for some time, but it took a family trip to Disneyland that convinced him to call up his producer pitching his idea of a Disney album.[5]

At the time, Disney songs were considered below the talents of jazz musicians, yet Brubeck took a financial risk on the album and it paid off (even inspiring Miles Davis and John Coltrane to cover their own takes on the Disney songbook).[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey except where noted.

  1. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 9:24
  2. "Give A Little Whistle" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 7:32
  3. "Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs' Marching Song)" – 3:53
  4. "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 4:49
  5. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" – 8:15
  6. "One Song" – 4:56
Reissue Bonus Tracks
  1. "Very Good Advice" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 5:31
  2. "So This Is Love" (Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, David Pack) – 5:56

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Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. George Avakin, jazz producer of Miles Davis and more, die at 98|Music|The Guardian
  3. JUN 30 Disney History
  4. Myers, Marc (May 26, 2011). "Dave Digs Disney". JazzWax. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  5. Jazz At The Movies : 5 Cinematic Covers : A Blog Supreme : NPR
  6. Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)|Cartoon Brew
  7. Presto Jazz
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