Reunion at Budokan 1981
1981 live album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Reunion at Budokan 1981 | ||||
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Live album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | October 19–20, 1981 | |||
Venue | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:35 | |||
Label | Pablo Pablo Live 2308-243 | |||
Producer | John Lewis, Ikuzo Orita | |||
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology | ||||
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Milt Jackson chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Reunion at Budokan 1981 is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at their reunion concert at the Nippon Budokan in 1981 and released on the Pablo label.[2]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "the group's two biggest 'hits', "Bags' Groove" and "Django" are among the highlights of this excellent release".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
- Introduction - 3:01
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) - 6:07
- "The Cylinder" (Milt Jackson) - 5:32
- "Really True Blues" (Jackson) - 5:37
- "The Golden Striker" - 5:53
- "Odds Against Tomorrow" - 9:09
- "The Jasmin Tree" - 4:04
- "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) - 5:41
- "Django" - 5:31
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 1, 2012
- ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed June 1, 2012
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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)