DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – JAZZ AT OBERLIN LP – Nr MINT UK 1957 MONO

The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz At Oberlin
(Vogue Records  1957   LAE12048  Mono)
UK Pressing

Flipback Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– back cover has some rubbing and some marks in bottom right corner
Original Poly lined Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a few light crackles on side 2)

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. Many of his compositions have become jazz standards including “In Your Own Sweet Way” and “The Duke”. Brubeck’s style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting both his mother’s classical training and his own improvisational skills. His music is known for employing unusual time signatures as well as superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, and tonalities.

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.

1. “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)” (Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link) 6:25
2. “Perdido” (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake) 8:03
3. “Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) 6:32
4. “The Way You Look Tonight” (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) 7:43
5. “How High the Moon” (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) 9:04

• Dave Brubeck – piano
• Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
• Lloyd Davis – drums
• Ron Crotty – bass