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The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Goes To College | 2015 Reissue
$65.00
Visit product page →“The college tour, in which the group crossed the country visiting major universities and junior colleges, was conceived by Brubeck's wife Lola as a way to introduce jazz to a new audience. Brubeck described encountering resistance at the colleges, some of which were reluctant to allow him to perform, but found following initial forays that the quartet was in much demand. As the quartet travelled across the country, he told the Jazz Education Journal, they would play as many as 90 colleges in a four-month period.” – Wiki
“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 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.” - AllMusic
Item description:
Artist:
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Title:
Jazz Goes To College
Label:
Columbia | Analog Spark
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, Remastered, Mono, 180g
Pressing:
US
Release Date:
This reissue: 2015 | Original - 1954
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Bop, Cool Jazz
Catalog No:
CL 566
Condition:
New
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Original Jazz Classics [OJC] / Riverside
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet – In New York | 2014 Reissue
$39.00
vOriginal Jazz Classics [OJC] / Riverside
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet – In New York | 2014 Reissue
$39.00
Visit product page →A TAV Curator's Pick.
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Village Vanguard and released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes.
“This excellent live date from the Village Vanguard was the recording debut of the Adderley sextet, with Cannonball waxing eloquently and swingingly on alto, brother Nat charging ahead on cornet, and the versatile Yusef Lateef (who had joined the band only three weeks earlier) adding a bit of an edge on tenor, flute, and unusually for a jazz wind player, oboe on the odd, dirge-like "Syn-Anthesia." Also, this was the first recorded appearance of pianist Joe Zawinul – a little over three years since his arrival in America – in Cannonball's band. This group would be Zawinul's spring-board to prominence in the jazz world, and readily apparent is how his compulsively funky mastery of bop and the blues had fused tightly with the Sam Jones/Louis Hayes rhythm section. Included is one of the earliest recordings of a Zawinul composition, "Scotch and Water," a happy, swinging blues.” – AllMusic
“…Compositionally, the highlights are the opening tune, "Gemini" (Jimmy Heath's bi-modal 6/8 blues); "Dizzy's Business" (a bebop gem by Basie arranger Ernie Wilkins); and an infectious Zawinul blues, "Scotch and Water." Yusef Lateef's compositions are not especially memorable in themselves but, along with his playing, provide richness, depth, and resonance lacking on the Brothers' other recordings. And his tenor playing is so good on the set chaser by Sam Jones, one wishes the record-ing would simply run on. Even with the addition of Lateef, Cannonball dominates throughout. His introductory remarks on what it means to be truly "hip" ("hipness isn't a state of mind: it's a fact of life") are immediately illus-trated by an arresting, hard-charging solo: he's a flaming comet on "Gemini," placing the ensuing soloists in the unenviable position of maintaining the brightness. But give equal credit to unsung he-ro Sam Jones, an unflappable walker whose every gritty note is distinct with no extra help from the engineering.” – All About Jazz
Item description:
Artist:
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet
Title:
In New York
Label:
Riverside Records
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Pressing:
USA
Release Date:
This reissue: 10 Nov 2014 | Original - 1962
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop, Bop, Modal Catalog No:
RLP-9404
Condition:
New
