JAZZ GOES TO JUNIOR COLLEGE

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This release presents the complete original 1957 album Jazz Goes to Junior College (Columbia CL1034), by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, Norman Bates on bass, and the recent addition of Joe Morello on drums. A thematic follower to Jazz Goes to Junior College, one of Brubeck’s greatest hits at the time, the music on this album was recorded during two concerts at junior colleges in California. As a bonus, two rare extended performances taped during a lecture at the University of California in Berkeley by the previous formation of the quartet, with Joe Dodge on drums.

PERSONNEL:

PAUL DESMOND, alto sax
DAVE BRUBECK, piano
NORMAN BATES, bass
JOE MORELLO, drums

[1, 2] & [4] Fullerton Junior College, California, May 1, 1957.
[3] & [5] Long Beach Junior College, California, May 2, 1957.

[6-7] Bonus Tracks:
Same personnel except Joe Dodge (d) replaces Joe Morello.
University of California, Berkeley, California, February-March 1954.

TRACKS:

01. Bru’s Blues
02. These Foolish Things
03. The Masquerade Is Over
04. One Moment Worth Years
05. St. Louis Blues
06. Stardust*
07. At A Perfume Counter*

Total Time: 68:09