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Jazz At Cal-Tech

Jazz At Cal-Tech cover
RecordedJan 19, 1956
LabelPacific Jazz
Released1956
Personnel5 credited players
Discogsmaster 723283

The record

Cut live on a college campus, this quartet trades alto and flute against tenor and oboe with easy confidence. Piano and rhythm keep things unhurried, true to the era's West Coast temperament.

Session personnel

  • Bud Shank — alto saxophone, flute
  • Don Prell — bass
  • Chuck Flores — drums
  • Claude Williamson — piano
  • Bob Cooper — tenor saxophone, oboe

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1958Pacific Jazz · PJ-1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Deep Groove earliest on file · deep groove
1956Pacific Jazz — MONO
1958Vogue Records · LAE 12095 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1959Vogue Productions · EPV 1256 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP
1991Pacific Jazz · PJ-1219 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, Westrex 3D-II Cutting
1992Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-5422 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2007Pacific Jazz · TOCJ-6379 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 24 Bit
Liberty · LLR-88037 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono

Follow the players

Bud Shank also plays on

Don Prell also plays on

Chuck Flores also plays on

Claude Williamson also plays on