The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2
1959 live album by Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 | ||||
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Live album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | August 3 & 31, 1958 | |||
Venue | The Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:02 | |||
Label | Atlantic 1299 | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology | ||||
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Milt Jackson chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2 is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts, in 1958, with guest artist Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers, and released on the Atlantic label.[3]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "To say that this set works is an understatement. It is a highlight of the group's storied career on Atlantic".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
- "Medley: Stardust/I Can't Get Started/Lover Man" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish/Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin/Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 8:15
- "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) - 5:14
- "Midsömmer" - 7:02
- "Festival Sketch" - 3:44
- "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) - 8:38
- "Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 7:03
- Recorded at The Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts on August 3 (tracks 1-4) and August 31 (tracks 5 & 6), 1958
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
- Sonny Rollins - tenor saxophone (tracks 5 & 6)
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)