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Jon De Lucia

The Brubeck Octet Project

Musaeum Clausum Recordings
Release Date: July 12, 2024

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1 Curtain Music (Brubeck) (0:38)  
2 Love Walked In (Gershwin) (4:18)  
3 Fugue on Bop Themes (Van Kriedt) (4:05)  
4 Let’s Fall In Love (Arlen-Koehler) (4:30)  
5 IPCA (Smith) (5:59)  
6 September in the Rain (Warren-Dubin) (6:21)  
7 I Hear A Rhapsody (Fragos-Baker-Gasparre) (5:18)  
8 The Way You Look Tonight (Kern) (2:57)  
9 Prelude (Van Kriedt) (4:39)  
10 What Is This Thing Called Love? (Porter) (4:12)  
11 Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson-Kahn) (5:55)  
12 Closing Theme (Brubeck) (0:37)  
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Ever curious about the underexplored corners of jazz history, alto saxophonist Jon De Lucia breathes new life into one important such chapter with The Brubeck Octet Project, dropping July 12 on his own Musæum Clausum Recordings imprint. The album documents De Lucia and his octet’s rediscovery and reconditioning of the arrangements played by the Dave Brubeck Octet, the innovative 1946-1950 unit with which the iconic West Coast pianist began his career.

De Lucia’s octet predates The Brubeck Octet Project. He formed the band in 2016 for another project at City College of New York (where he then taught), but it quickly became a weekly reading band, leaving the saxophonist constantly in search for new (old) repertoire. It was this quest that led him to the archives at Mills College (Brubeck’s alma mater), where he found many of the Brubeck Octet’s original handwritten charts in the papers of the band’s tenor sax and arranger, Dave Van Kriedt.

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    Posted At: July 23, 2024 12:00 AM
    Ever curious about the underexplored corners of jazz history, alto saxophonist Jon De Lucia breathes new life into one important such chapter with The Brubeck Octet Project, dropping July 12 on his own Musæum Clausum Recordings imprint. The album documents De Lucia and his octet’s rediscovery and reconditioning of the arrangements played by the Dave Brubeck Octet, the innovative 1946-1950 unit with which th...
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  • Jon De Lucia revitalizes an overlooked chapter in jazz hstory on: 'The Brubeck Octet Project' / All About Jazz
    Posted At: June 6, 2024 12:00 AM
    The [original handwritten charts] were a bit of a mess, and hard to read. I always wanted to take the time to put them into notation software, fix the mistakes, rehearse a band, and record this music anew. Finally, thanks to support from CUNY and the Brubeck and Van Kriedt families, it has happened.—Jon De LuciaJon De LuciaEver curious about the underexplored corners of jazz history, alto saxophonist Jon De...
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