★★★★★
Looking over the track list for LifeTimes, the fourth release by Chris (electric bass, under-utilized bass trombone) and Dan (drums) Brubeck and their colleagues Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck Lamb (piano), a potential listener might suspect that the band, which calls itself BBQ, is short on original ideas: Four of the eight tracks were composed by the Brubecks' better-known dad, and the finale, a 10-minute-plus "Take Five," was written by Paul Desmond but has been Dave Brubeck's signature for...
- jazztimes.com
2013-01-01
★★★★★
Jazz has proven, time and time again, that the bonds of family feed the creative soul. Everybody from the Jones brothers and the Marsalis family to the 3 Cohens have found satisfaction in the connection that comes with blood and blues, DNA and musical dynamism, and kinship of the artistic and literal varieties; The Brubeck Brothers are no exception...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2012-08-30
★★★★★
LifeTimes, the fourth CD from the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, is a powerful tribute to musical giant Dave Brubeck by two of his natural sons (bassist/trombonist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck) and two of their "honorary brothers" (guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb). Half the compositions are Dave's, most of them dating back decades, but they are so freshly imagined that they sound as if they've just been written...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2012-08-10
★★★★★
Intuition is a varied, inventive and energetic album whose sound seems larger than that of a quartet and whose accessibility belies the complexity of some of the meters. Individually, each of the musicians is excellent, and the success of the recording lies in the perceptible comfort?and trust?that the members derive from one another's playing. Moreover, Chris Brubeck, whose compositions have been performed by groups as varied as the St...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Even casual jazz fans will recognize the name Brubeck. Pianist Dave Brubeck led a popular 1950s quartet that recorded the now instantly recognizable "Take Five," a rare cross-over jazz and popular music hit (and rarer still for becoming popular with an odd 5/4 time signature). However, it takes a somewhat more knowledgeable fan to know that there are some other accomplished Brubecks, namely Dave's sons Chris, Dan, and Darius...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Track Listing: Good Question; Cool on the Coast; Eclipse; Dance of the Shadows; Heyoke; 7th Sense; Friends Beyond Time; Vignettes for Nonet, Mvt. I; Vignettes for Nonet, Mvt. II; Vignettes for Nonet, Mvt. III; Blue Rondo a la Turk. Personnel: Chris Brubeck: bass, bass trombone; Dan Brubeck: drums; Mike DeMicco: guitar; Chuck Lamb: piano. Special guests Imani Winds (8-10): Valerie Coleman: flute; Monica Ellis: bassoon; Toyin Spellman-Diaz: oboe; Marian Adam: clarinet; Jeff Scott: French horn...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Track Listing: West of One; Sahara Moon; Parade du Funk; Bullwinkle's Revenge; Still as Winter; Open Door;Jump Up, Get Down; Easy for You to Pray; Change Up. Personnel: Dan Brubeck: drums; Chris Brubeck: fretless bass, bass trombone; Mike DeMicco: guitar;Taylor Eigsti: piano; Pete Levin: organ. Style: Straightahead/Mainstream Read more reviews of Intuition The prospect of reviewing an all-original release can strike apprehension?if not actual fear?in a critic's heart...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
The wordplay in the title of the Brubeck Brothers' third release has no particular resonance until track eight, when the three-movement "Vignettes for Nonet" comes along. Composed by bassist Chris Brubeck, the suite is a luxuriant and sprightly commingling of the core quartet's postbop sensibilities and the springy classical colorations of the five-piece Imani Winds...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
This is only the Brubeck Brothers' second recording, and it's a shame considering the quality of the music on Intuition. Regular quartet members Dan Brubeck (drums), Chris Brubeck (fretless bass and bass trombone) and Mike DeMicco (guitar) are here, as well as Pete Levin's organ on three cuts, and a very special guest (replacing Chuck Lamb), 21-year-old Taylor Eigsti, the former child prodigy who played with Dave Brubeck at age 13 and at 14 released his debut CD with Dan Brubeck on drums...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
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