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Released
  
1966

Length
  
30:36

Label
  
TP4 Music

Recorded
  
October 29, 1966

Release date
  
1966

Genre
  
Jazz

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Artists
  
Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen

Similar
  
Pee Wee Russell albums, Jazz albums

The College Concert is an live album by American jazz clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and trumpeter Red Allen featuring a performance recorded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966 for the Impulse! label. The album would be the final recording for Allen and the penultimate release by Russell.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music is generally relaxed with an emphasis on blues".

Track listing

All compositions by Pee Wee Russell except as indicated
  1. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:49
  2. "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 6:00
  3. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 4:15
  4. "Pee Wee's Blues" - 4:08
  5. "2° East, 3° West" (John Lewis) - 3:59
  6. "Graduation Blues" - 6:35
  • Recorded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 29, 1966

    • Personnel

  • Pee Wee Russell - clarinet
  • Red Allen - trumpet, vocals
  • Steve Kuhn - piano
  • Charlie Haden - bass
  • Marty Morell - drums

    • Songs

    1Blue Monk5:59
    2I Want a Little Girl6:08
    3Body and Soul4:23

    References

    The College Concert Wikipedia
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