The College Concert is a 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.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 8, 2011 The album would be the final recording for Allen and the penultimate release by Russell.
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The music is generally relaxed with an emphasis on blues".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 8, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Pee Wee Russell except as indicated "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:49 "I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) - 6:00 "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 4:15 "Pee Wee's Blues" - 4:08 "2° East, 3° West" (John Lewis) - 3:59 "Graduation Blues" - 6:35 Recorded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 17, 1966
Personnel Pee Wee Russell - clarinet Red Allen - trumpet, vocals Steve Kuhn - piano Charlie Haden - bass Marty Morell - drums
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