The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn
1956 live album by Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn | ||||
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Live album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | August 28, 1956 | |||
Venue | The Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:15 | |||
Label | Atlantic 1247 | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology | ||||
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Milt Jackson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1956, with guest artist Jimmy Giuffre appearing on three numbers, and released on the Atlantic label.[3]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "This is a worthwhile outing".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (George Gershwin) - 4:27
- "A Fugue for Music Inn" - 4:42
- "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" - 7:04
- "Serenade" (David Raksin) - 2:55
- "Fun" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 5:30
- "Sun Dance" - 4:14
- "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 3:32
- "A Morning in Paris" - 2:51
- "Variation No. 1 on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - 5:00
- Recorded at The Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts on August 28, 1956
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
- Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 2, 4 & 5)
References
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Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
except where indicated.
Kenny Clarke, Mickey Roker, Albert Heath
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,except where indicated.
albums
- Wizard of the Vibes (as Milt Jackson Quartet, 1952)
- 1953: An Exceptional Encounter (and Ben Webster, 1953)
- Django (1953–55)
- Concorde (1955)
- Fontessa (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays No Sun in Venice (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House (1957)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 (with Sonny Rollins, 1958)
- Pyramid (1959–60)
- Music from Odds Against Tomorrow/Patterns (1959)
- European Concert (1960)
- Dedicated to Connie (1960 [1995])
- The Comedy (1960–62)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra (1960)
- Lonely Woman (1962)
- The Sheriff (1963)
- Collaboration (and Laurindo Almeida, 1964)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1964–65)
- Jazz Dialogue (1965)
- Blues at Carnegie Hall (1966)
- Place Vendôme (and The Swingle Singers, 1966)
- Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
- Under the Jasmin Tree (1967)
- Space (1969)
- Plastic Dreams (1971)
- The Legendary Profile (1972)
- In Memoriam (1973)
- Blues on Bach (1973)
- The Complete Last Concert (1974 [1988])
- Reunion at Budokan 1981 (1981)
- Together Again: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival '82 (1982)
- Echoes (1984)
- Topsy: This One's for Basie (1985)
- Three Windows (1987)
- For Ellington (1988)
- MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1992–1993)