Artist: Dave Brubeck Quartet
Album: Jazz at Oberlin
Genre: Cool, West Coast Jazz
Label: Fantasy
Released: 1953/2003
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (Strachey-Link-Marvell) - 6:35
- Perdido (Tizol) - 7:56
- Stardust (Carmichael) - 6:33
- The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields) - 7:45
- How High the Moon (Lewis-Hamilton) - 9:11
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- Personnel:
- Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- Ron Crotty - bass
- Lloyd Davis - drums
Although a touch underrated, Jazz at Oberlin is one of the early Dave Brubeck classic recordings. The interplay between the pianist-leader and altoist Paul Desmond on "Perdido" borders on the miraculous, and their renditions of "The Way You Look Tonight," "How High the Moon" and "Stardust" are quite memorable. Brubeck's piano playing on "These Foolish Things" is so percussive and atonal in one spot as to sound like Cecil Taylor, who would not emerge for another two years. With bassist Ron Crotty and drummer Lloyd Davis giving the Quartet quiet and steady support, Brubeck and Desmond were free to play at their most adventurous. Highly recommended.
Review by Scott Yanow