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Legacy Recordings recently announced the kick-off to a yearlong celebration of master jazz pianist Dave Brubeck – who turns 90 on December 6 – with a new compilation of Brubeck’s legendary Columbia material.

Legacy of a Legend is a two-disc, 21-track compilation spanning from 1954 to 1970 and compiled by Brubeck himself, featuring great performances in studio and in concert from Brubeck and his classic quartet (including bassist Eugene Wright, sax player Paul Desmond and drummer Joe Morello). There’s also one previously unreleased gem on this set: a live version of “Three to Get Ready” recorded at the quartet’s final concert in 1967.

The set will be available November 16, ahead of Brubeck’s 90th birthday, which will see the airing of a new Turner Classic Movies documentary (Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way) produced by Clint Eastwood. Legacy also promises a year’s worth of Brubeck celebrations; place your bets on an oversized complete albums box set for the coming year. Read the press release here and hit the jump for the track list!

Dave Brubeck, Legacy of a Legend (Columbia/Legacy 88697 80563-2, 2010)

Disc 1

1. Jeepers Creepers
2. Taking a Chance on Love
3. The Duke
4. Someday My Prince Will Come
5. Ode to a Cowboy
6. Thank You
7. Camptown Races
8. Gone with the Wind
9. Blue Rondo a la Turk
10. Take Five
11. Evenin’ (with Jimmy Rushing)

Disc 2

1. My One Bad Habit (with Carmen McRae)
2. Somewhere
3. Unsquare Dance
4. Summer Song (with Louis Armstrong)
5. Something to Sing About
6. You Go to My Head (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival – 7/7/1963)
7. Mr. Broadway
8. Three to Get Ready (Live)
9. Out of Nowhere (with Jerry Mulligan) (Live at the Berlin Philharmonic – November 1970)
10. St. Louis Blues (with Jerry Mulligan) (Live at the Berlin Philharmonic – November 1970)

Disc 1, Track 1 from Brubeck Time (Columbia, 1955)
Disc 1, Track 2 from Jazz: Red Hot and Cool (Columbia, 1955)
Disc 1, Track 3 from Brubeck Plays Brubeck (Columbia, 1956)
Disc 1, Track 4 from Dave Digs Disney (Columbia, 1957)
Disc 1, Track 5 from Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (Columbia, 1957)
Disc 1, Track 6 from Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (Columbia, 1958)
Disc 1, Tracks 7-8 from Gone with the Wind (Columbia, 1960)
Disc 1, Track 9-10 from Time Out (Columbia, 1959)
Disc 1, Track 11 from Brubeck and Rushing (Columbia, 1960)
Disc 2, Tracks 1 and 4 from The Real Ambassadors (Columbia, 1962)
Disc 2, Track 2 from Brubeck Plays Bernstein Plays Brubeck (Columbia, 1960)
Disc 2, Track 3 from Time Further Out (Columbia, 1961)
Disc 2, Track 5 from Jazz Impressions of New York (Columbia, 1964)
Disc 2, Track 6 from the 2009 Legacy Edition of Time Out (Columbia/Legacy)
Disc 2, Track 7 from Buried Treasures (Columbia, 1967 – released 1998)
Disc 2, Track 8 previously unreleased
Disc 2, Tracks 9-10 from Live at the Berlin Philharmonic (Columbia, 1973)