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Jazz Goes To College

Jazz Goes To College cover
Recorded1954
LabelColumbia
Released1954
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 185252

The record

College gymnasiums stand in for jazz clubs on this live date, students cheering a quartet built around Brubeck's angular chords and Desmond's light, conversational alto. The record that proved campuses could sell out a jazz show.

Session personnel

  • Paul Desmond — alto saxophone
  • Bob Bates — bass
  • Joe Dodge — drums
  • Dave Brubeck — piano

Contemporary reception

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

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 70 pressings on file.

1954Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Bridgeport Pressing earliest on file
1956Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · deep groove
1954Columbia
1954Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1954GO (8) · MGCC15/66 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1954Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Bridgeport Pressing
1954Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
1954Samson · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1955Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Laminated Cover · laminated sleeve
1955Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1955Philips · B07686R — Vinyl, LP, 10", Album, Mono
1955Columbia · CL 566 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Laminate Overlay · laminated sleeve
1955Columbia · EM-13 — Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
1955Philips · BBL 7041 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Follow the players

Paul Desmond also plays on

Bob Bates also plays on

Joe Dodge also plays on

Dave Brubeck also plays on