Jazz Goes to College

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All Music Guide - Lindsay Planer
Dave Brubeck piano began his Columbia Records association on a second album of material that his quartet had cut during its spring of 1954 tour of North American college campuses, Paul and Dave's Jazz Interwoven 1954 being the first. Joining Brubeck are Paul Desmond alto sax, Bob Bates bass, and Joe Dodge drums, whose support of Brubeck is uniformly flawless, ultimately producing what many consider as the most memorable music in the artist's cannon. "Balcony Rock" commences the platter from sides documented at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The heavily improvised tune is formed on an eight-bar blues as Desmond steers the combo via his inspired and lyrical ...
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All Music Guide - Lindsay Planer
Dave Brubeck piano began his Columbia Records association on a second album of material that his quartet had cut during its spring of 1954 tour of North American college campuses, Paul and Dave's Jazz Interwoven 1954 being the first. Joining Brubeck are Paul Desmond alto sax, Bob Bates bass, and Joe Dodge drums, whose support of Brubeck is uniformly flawless, ultimately producing what many consider as the most memorable music in the artist's cannon. "Balcony Rock" commences the platter from sides documented at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The heavily improvised tune is formed on an eight-bar blues as Desmond steers the combo via his inspired and lyrical leads. The bouncy "Out of Nowhere," comes via a show at the University of Cincinnati and centers on Brubeck's uncanny timing as his passages quickly vacillate between edgy and atonal to decidedly more fluid and melodic. Again, Desmond is nothing short of exemplary as his sax weaves around the rhythm section. "Le Souk" hails from Oberlin College in Ohio and provides Desmond another strong vehicle. His lines tie Bates' prominent propulsions together with Dodge's solid backbeat and Brubeck's similarly aggressive bashing. This takes place behind Brubeck's emphatic and frenetic pounding and garners considerable appreciation by those in attendance. The sturdy bop supporting Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train" is given further fuel thanks to the combination of Desmond's straightforward and unfettered blows and Dodge's punchy interjections. "The Song Is You" is a minor masterpiece as Desmond's efforts resonate his exceptional fluidity. In fact, practically the whole track is marked by his cool, limber phrasing, with Brubeck taking the helm only briefly at the end. The refined and stately reading of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" reaches far beyond the blues intimated by the sense of forlorn in Brubeck's contributions, thanks to the simple if not austere arrangement. The converse can be said regarding the striking energy of "I Want to Be Happy" as the band leans in hard with a purpose and finesse that can be eloquently summed up in the final phrase as all four members seemingly draw the song to a dynamic and dramatic conclusion. Indeed the genre gets schooled on Jazz Goes to College, a dare say perfect representation of the Dave Brubeck Quartet's pre-Time Out 1959 antics in the preferable concert performance setting.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/1/2008
  • Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
  • UPC: 886972483528
  • Catalog Number: 724835
  • Sales rank: 13,155

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Balcony Rock (11:55)
  2. 2 Out of Nowhere (8:04)
  3. 3 Le Souk (4:36)
  4. 4 Take the "A" Train (6:09)
  5. 5 The Song Is You (5:38)
  6. 6 Don't Worry 'Bout Me (8:46)
  7. 7 I Want to Be Happy (6:37)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Primary Artist, Track Performer
Dave Brubeck Indexed Contributor, Piano, Track Performer
Paul Desmond Alto Saxophone
Bob Bates Bass
Joe Dodge Drums
Technical Credits
Dave Brubeck Composer
Paul Desmond Composer
Vincent Youmans Composer
Jerome Kern Composer
George Avakian Producer, Liner Notes
Rube Bloom Composer
Johnny Green Composer
Billy Strayhorn Composer
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