Editing Dave Brubeck (section)

====Later work====
[[File:Davebrubeckquartet1967a.jpg|thumb|The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1967. From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond]]
On a handful of albums in the early 1960s, clarinetist [[Bill Smith (jazz musician)|Bill Smith]] replaced Desmond. These albums were devoted to Smith's compositions and thus had a somewhat different aesthetic than other Brubeck Quartet albums. Nonetheless, according to critic Ken Dryden, "[Smith] proves himself very much in Desmond's league with his witty solos".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/near-myth-mw0000263459 |title=Near-Myth – The Dave Brubeck Quartet &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic |publisher=allmusic.com |access-date=November 20, 2015}}</ref> Smith was an old friend of Brubeck's; they would record together, intermittently, from the 1940s until the final years of Brubeck's career.

In 1961, Brubeck and his wife, Iola, developed a jazz musical, ''[[The Real Ambassadors]]'', based in part on experiences they and their colleagues had during foreign tours on behalf of the Department of State. The soundtrack album, which featured Louis Armstrong, [[Lambert, Hendricks & Ross]], and [[Carmen McRae]] was recorded in 1961; the musical was performed at the 1962 [[Monterey Jazz Festival]].

At its peak in the early 1960s, the Brubeck Quartet was releasing as many as four albums a year. Apart from the "College" and the "Time" series, Brubeck recorded four [[LP record]]s featuring his compositions based on the group's travels, and the local music they encountered. ''[[Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A.]]'' (1956, Morello's debut with the group), ''[[Jazz Impressions of Eurasia]]'' (1958), ''[[Jazz Impressions of Japan]]'' (1964), and ''[[Jazz Impressions of New York]]'' (1964) are less well-known albums, but they produced Brubeck standards such as "Summer Song", "Brandenburg Gate", "Koto Song", and "Theme from Mr. Broadway". (Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for this [[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]] CBS drama series; the music from the series became material for the ''New York'' album.) 

In 1961, Brubeck appeared in a few scenes of the British jazz/beat film ''[[All Night Long (1962 film)|All Night Long]]'', which starred [[Patrick McGoohan]] and [[Richard Attenborough]]. Brubeck plays himself, with the film featuring [[close-up]]s of his piano fingerings. Brubeck performs "It's a Raggy Waltz" from the ''Time Further Out'' album and duets briefly with bassist [[Charles Mingus]] in "Non-Sectarian Blues".

Brubeck also served as the program director of WJZZ-FM (now [[WEZN-FM]]) while recording for the quartet. He achieved his vision of an all-jazz format radio station along with his friend and neighbor John E. Metts, one of the first African Americans in senior radio management.

The final studio album for Columbia by the Desmond/Wright/Morello quartet was ''Anything Goes'' (1966), featuring the songs of [[Cole Porter]]. A few concert recordings followed, and ''The Last Time We Saw Paris'' (1967) was the "Classic" quartet's swan-song.