Jazz at Oberlin is a live album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was recorded in the Finney Chapel at Oberlin College in March 1953, and released on Fantasy Records as F 3245. The Fantasy Records album back cover states that drummer Lloyd Davis had a 103-degree fever during the performance.
Critic Nat Hentoff wrote in Down Beat magazine that the album ranks with the College of the Pacific and Storyville sets "as the best of Brubeck on record",[3] and jazz critic Gary Giddins has written that it would "make many short lists of the decade's outstanding albums".[4]
The concert is credited with making jazz a legitimate field of musical study at Oberlin, and furthermore initiating it as a subject of serious intellectual attention; Wendell Logan, the chair of Oberlin's Jazz Studies Department, described it as "the watershed event that signaled the change of performance space for jazz from the nightclub to the concert hall".[4]
In addition, it was one of the early works in the cool jazz stream of jazz; The Guardian's John Fordham wrote in 2010 that it "indicated new directions for jazz that didn't slavishly mirror bebop, and even hinted at free-jazz piano techniques still years away from realisation"; he further observed that it "marked Brubeck's eager adoption by America's (predominantly white) youth – a welcome that soon extended around the world ... for a rhythmically intricate instrumental jazz".[5]
The album was given 24-bit remastering and reissued in 2010[6] as part of the Concord label's Original Jazz Classics (OJC) Remasters series.[7] Fordham remarked on "The enthusiasm of the college audience, audible throughout the album".[5]
(Times are as given on the CD; the album numbers differ slightly.)
The 10" LP and reel-to-reel version of the album did not include "How high the moon" and reordered the remaining tracks in a different way. Also, it includes the full version of "The Way You Look Tonight" with Paul Demond's full solo.
^ ab. 2003-03-02. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^ abFordham, John (2010-01-11). "50 great moments in jazz: Dave Brubeck's Jazz at Oberlin". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
^"The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz At Oberlin". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^"Jazz At Oberlin [Original Jazz Classics Remasters] - Concord - Label Group". Concord. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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Legendary Brubeck Album Jazz at Oberlin was Recorded Fifty Years Ago
50 Great Moments in Jazz: Dave Brubeck's 'Jazz at Oberlin'
April 10, 2024
jazz, oberlin, live, album, dave, brubeck, quartet, recorded, finney, chapel, oberlin, college, march, 1953, released, fantasy, records, 3245, fantasy, records, album, back, cover, states, that, drummer, lloyd, davis, degree, fever, during, performance, live, . Jazz at Oberlin is a live album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet It was recorded in the Finney Chapel at Oberlin College in March 1953 and released on Fantasy Records as F 3245 The Fantasy Records album back cover states that drummer Lloyd Davis had a 103 degree fever during the performance Jazz at OberlinLive album by Dave Brubeck QuartetReleased1953RecordedMarch 2 1953Oberlin College OberlinGenreJazzLength37 47LabelFantasyF 3245 album OJCCD 046 2 CD Dave Brubeck Quartet chronologyThe Dave Brubeck Quartet 1952 Jazz at Oberlin 1953 Jazz at the College of the Pacific 1953 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 2 Critic Nat Hentoff wrote in Down Beat magazine that the album ranks with the College of the Pacific and Storyville sets as the best of Brubeck on record 3 and jazz critic Gary Giddins has written that it would make many short lists of the decade s outstanding albums 4 The concert is credited with making jazz a legitimate field of musical study at Oberlin and furthermore initiating it as a subject of serious intellectual attention Wendell Logan the chair of Oberlin s Jazz Studies Department described it as the watershed event that signaled the change of performance space for jazz from the nightclub to the concert hall 4 In addition it was one of the early works in the cool jazz stream of jazz The Guardian s John Fordham wrote in 2010 that it indicated new directions for jazz that didn t slavishly mirror bebop and even hinted at free jazz piano techniques still years away from realisation he further observed that it marked Brubeck s eager adoption by America s predominantly white youth a welcome that soon extended around the world for a rhythmically intricate instrumental jazz 5 The album was given 24 bit remastering and reissued in 2010 6 as part of the Concord label s Original Jazz Classics OJC Remasters series 7 Fordham remarked on The enthusiasm of the college audience audible throughout the album 5 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 References 4 External linksTrack listing edit These Foolish Things Remind Me of You Holt Marvell Jack Strachey Harry Link 6 25 Perdido Juan Tizol Hans Lengsfelder Ervin Drake 8 03 Stardust Hoagy Carmichael Mitchell Parish 6 32 The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern Dorothy Fields 7 43 How High the Moon Nancy Hamilton Morgan Lewis 9 04 Times are as given on the CD the album numbers differ slightly The 10 LP and reel to reel version of the album did not include How high the moon and reordered the remaining tracks in a different way Also it includes the full version of The Way You Look Tonight with Paul Demond s full solo Side A Perdido Juan Tizol Hans Lengsfelder Ervin Drake Stardust Hoagy Carmichael Mitchell Parish Side B These Foolish Things Remind Me of You Holt Marvell Jack Strachey Harry Link The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern Dorothy Fields Personnel editDave Brubeck piano Paul Desmond alto saxophone Lloyd Davis drums Ron Crotty bassReferences edit Allmusic review Cook Richard Morton Brian 2008 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th ed Penguin p 188 ISBN 978 0 141 03401 0 College of the Pacific CD back cover excerpt a b Legendary Brubeck Album Jazz at Oberlin was Recorded Fifty Years Ago March 2 1953 2003 03 02 Archived from the original on 2017 02 28 Retrieved 2021 02 13 a b Fordham John 2010 01 11 50 great moments in jazz Dave Brubeck s Jazz at Oberlin The Guardian Retrieved 2021 02 13 The Dave Brubeck Quartet Jazz At Oberlin Retrieved 26 March 2023 Jazz At Oberlin Original Jazz Classics Remasters Concord Label Group Concord Retrieved 26 March 2023 External links editLegendary Brubeck Album Jazz at Oberlin was Recorded Fifty Years Ago 50 Great Moments in Jazz Dave Brubeck s Jazz at Oberlin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jazz at Oberlin amp oldid 1146668102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
