| Description |
7 sound discs : digital, mono. and stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011723 011649 011645 011807 011823 011853 011823 |
| Note |
Jazz quartet. |
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Compact discs. |
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Disc one is mono., all other discs are stereo. |
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All items previously released. |
| System Details |
Analog recording; digitally remastered. |
| Credits |
Original sessions produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. Compilation produced by Michael Cusuna. |
| Performer |
Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson, vibraharp ; John Lewis, piano ; Percy Heath, bass ; Commie Kay, drums) ; with variously: Jimmy Giuffre, clarinet, tenor saxophone ; Jim Hall, Laurinda Almeida, guitar ; Ralph Pena, bass ; Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone ; Bill McColl, clarinet ; Bob Di Domenica, flute ; Manny Zegler, bassoon ; Paul Ingraham, French horn ; Betty Glamann, harp ; Diahann Carroll, vocals ; Beaux Arts String Quartet (Gerard Tarack, Alan Martin, violins ; Carl Eberl, viola ; Joe Tekula, cello). |
| Event |
Recorded between January 22, 1956 and April 22, 1965. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Versailles / John Lewis (3:24) -- Angel eyes / Matt Dennis, Earl Brent (3:50) -- Fontessa / John Lewis (11:12) -- Over the rainbow / E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen (3:52) -- Bluesology / Milt Jackson (5:02) -- Willow weep for me / Ann Ronnell (4:48) -- Woody 'N you / Dizzy Gillespie (4:26) -- Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin (4:27) -- A fugue for Music Inn (4:42) ; Two degrees East, three degrees West (7:03) / John Lewis -- Serenade / David Raksin (2:53) -- Fun / Jimmy Giuffre (5:31) -- Sun dance / John Lewis (4:14) -- The man that got away / Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin (3:31) -- A morning in Paris (2:51) ; Variation No. 1 on God rest ye merry gentleman (4:59) / John Lewis -- Disc 2. Medley (10:19). They say it's wonderful ; How deep is the ocean / Irving Berlin ; (I don't stand) a ghost of a chance with you / Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington ; My old flame / Arthur Johnstone, Sam Coslow ; Body and soul / Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour -- Between the devil and the deep blue sea / Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen (6:54) -- La Ronde: drums / John Lewis (2:08) -- A night in Tunisia / Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli (6:10) -- Yesterdays / Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach (5:09) -- Bags' groove / Milt Jackson (5:43) -- Baden-Baden / Milt Jackson, Ray Brown (4:02) -- The golden striker (3:40) ; One never knows (9:21) ; The rose truc (4:59) ; Cortege (7:27) ; Venice (4:27) ; Three windows (6:47) / John Lewis -- |
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Disc 3. Medley (8:17). Stardust / Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish ; I can't get started / Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin ; Lover man / Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman -- Yardbird suite / Charlie Parker (5:14) -- Midsummer (7:03) ; Festival sketch (3:43) / John Lewis -- Bags' groove / Milt Jackson (8:41) -- A night in Tunisia / Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli -- Vendome / John Lewis (2:32) -- Pyramid / Ray Brown (10:52) -- It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) / Duke Ellington (5:04) -- Django / John Lewis (4:36) -- How high the moon / Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis (6:15) -- Romaine / Jim Hall (7:22) -- Disc 4. Da capo / John Lewis (3:43) -- Fine / Jimmy Giuffre (6:05) -- Exposure (9:40) ; Sketch (5:32) / John Lewis -- Conservation / Gunther Schuller (10:41) -- Around the blues / Andre Hodeir (8:26) -- Divertimento / Werner Heider (8:17) -- England's carol / John Lewis (6:21) -- Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra (Gunther Schuller). First movement (6:43) ; Second movement: passacaglia (6:39) ; Third movement (5:56) -- |
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Disc 5. Spanish steps (5:36) ; Columbine (4:09) ; Pulcinella (4:24) ; Pierrot (3:21) ; La cantatrice (5:32) ; Harlequin (6:52) ; Piazza navona (5:01) / John Lewis -- Lonely woman / Ornette Coleman (6:18) -- Animal dance (4:04) ; New York 19 (7:58) ; Belkis (3:40) / John Lewis -- Why are you blue / Gary McFarland (6:32) -- Fugato (2:46) ; Lamb, leopard (6:23) ; Trieste (5:46) / John Lewis -- Disc 6. The sheriff (2:42) ; In a crowd (3:08) / John Lewis -- Bachianas brasileiras / Hector Villa-Lobos (5:45) -- Mean to me / Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert (4:24) -- Natural affection (4:08) ; Donnie's theme (4:14) / John Lewis -- Carnival / Luis Bonfa (6:09) -- Reunion blues / Milt Jackson (3:34) -- Winter tale (5:24) ; Concorde (3:46) / John Lewis -- Yesterdays / Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach (4:34) -- Alternate takes. Bluesology / Milt Jackson (4:50) ; Woody 'N you / Dizzy Gillespie (4:48) ; Sun dance (3:58) ; Django (5:21) ; La cantatrice (4:54) ; Harlequin (6:59) / John Lewis -- |
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Disc 7. Silver (3:43) ; Trieste (5:35) ; Valeria (5:50) / John Lewis -- Fugue in A minor / Johann Sebastian Bach (3:49) -- One note samba / Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça (5:08) -- Foi a saudade / Djalma Ferreira (2:35) -- Concierto de aranjuez / Joaquim Rodrigo (11:52) -- Summertime / DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin (5:57) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:39) ; My man's gone now (7:21) ; I loves you Porgy (3:25) / DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin -- It ain't necessarily so (6:21) ; Oh Bess, oh where's my Bess (4:14) ; There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (4:20) / George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- 1951-1960 -- Sound recordings.
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Jazz -- 1961-1970 -- Sound recordings.
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Bop (Music) -- Sound recordings.
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Cool jazz -- Sound recordings.
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Third stream (Music) -- Sound recordings.
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Jazz vocals -- Sound recordings.
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Jazz ensemble with chamber orchestra -- Sound recordings.
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Alternate takes (Sound recordings) -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Compact discs.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, Milt, performer.
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Lewis, John, 1920-2001, performer.
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Heath, Percy, 1923-2005, performer.
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Kay, Connie, performer.
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Giuffre, Jimmy, performer.
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Hall, Jim, 1930-2013, performer.
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Peña, Ralph, 1927-1969, performer.
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Rollins, Sonny, performer.
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Carroll, Diahann, vocalist.
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Almeida, Laurindo, performer.
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Beaux-Arts String Quartet, performer.
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| Note |
Title on container spine: Atlantic Studio recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-64 |
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Title on spine of jewel cases: Atlantic Studio Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Music No. |
MD7-249 Mosaic |
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