Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Track List: 1-4

1. Basin Street Blues (0:00)
2. Let's Get Away From It All (4:33)
3. What Is This Thing Called Love (8:27)
4. Take Five (14:44)

Part 1. youtu.be/jBCy9lN3vaw
Part 2. youtu.be/NCyFDdFaUY8
Part 3. youtu.be/cMGQrEHNKRM
Part 4. youtu.be/xelbAJcmGkU
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkWvh9BoHZBpsoqWLfL2J7-zTTXtjvWPG

Credits:
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Bass – Bob Bates (tracks: 9, 12), Eugene J. Wright* (tracks: Omit 9 & 12)
Drums – Joe Dodge, Joseph A. Morello* (tracks: Except 9 & 12)

Producer – Sylvia Reiser
Illustration – Herbert Joos
Mastered By – Adrian Von Ripka
Compiled By, Liner Notes – Hans Thomas

Notes:
Made in Austria - Printed in the Netherlands
Liner Notes in German

Compilation from Columbia recordings made 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965

Companies, etc:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH
Copyright © – Zounds (3)
Copyright © – Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria