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Jazz Goes to College (Dave Brubeck Quartet; Columbia LP). Collective improvisation (gathered on a recent campus tour), sometimes rowdy, sometimes reflective, by the greatest jazz combo on records. Brubeck's piano leads the new trend toward serious modern music while preserving true jazz feeling: Paul Desmond's alto sax sings with plaintive joy; Joe Dodge's unfettered drumming and Bob Bates's bass give the whole thing a driving beat. Last week this one was, to the squares' surprise, outselling Liberace.
Mambo the Most (Woody Herman; Mars). A brawling, uninhibited example of the U.S.'s hottest new dance rhythm, by a band more accustomed to modern jazz (TIME. May 31). On the reverse: Mambo the (Ut)Most.
The Man That Got Away (Fran Warren; M-G-M). A torchy ballad by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin (from the film A Star Is Born). A bit too long-winded to be a fast hit.