Out in the Evening

Reminiscences of the Cattle Country is a reminiscence of my early days on the ranch, which my father managed and where i worked after school and summers as a cowhand. In the evenings my father often played the harmonica (cowboy style) and my mother played the piano (classical style). These two diverse traditions produced in me a jazz style that was individual, and a compositional style that is an amalgam of a variety of early influences. These compositions, written in 1946, were my first pieces for piano not in the jazz idiom of the blues or popular song form. I was then a student of Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California.

Lista utworów:
Sun Up (Brubeck Dave)
Breaking a Wild Horse (Brubeck Dave)
The Fairgrounds (Brubeck Dave)
Look at My Pony (Brubeck Dave)
The Chickens and the Ducklings (Brubeck Dave)
Dad Plays the Harmonica (Brubeck Dave)

'The First concert [17 March 1830 at the National Theatre in Warsaw], even though the hall was full [...], did not make an impression, to my mind, on the masses. - The first Allegro, accessible only to the few, won some bravos, but it seems to me because they had to wonder what it was! - and to pose as connoisseurs! - The Adagio and Rondo produced the greatest effect, and more sincere shouts were heard [...]. - Kurpiński found new beauties in my concerto that evening, [...] and Elsner regretted that my pantaleon was dull and the bass arpeggios could not be heard.'

Lista utworów:
Koncert f-moll op. 21 (Chopin Fryderyk)