(2-CD set for the price of one CD) The success of the Dave Brubeck Quartet during the '50s-'60s was astonishing. The history of modern jazz has never witnessed another phenomenon like it. When "Take Five" took flight in 1960, Brubeck's quartet became one of the few jazz ensembles of any style to have an international, multi-million selling "pop" hit single. These 52 tracks from 1948-52 trace Brubeck developing his polyrhythmic and polytonal style with complex time signatures. It shows him straight out of music college with an octet, then with a more economically practical trio, and finally with the quartet that would go on from immense popularity on college campuses to international recognition. Contains a 16 page booklet.