Under the Jasmin Tree
1968 studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet
Under the Jasmin Tree | ||||
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Studio album by Modern Jazz Quartet | ||||
Released | December 6, 1968 (UK) | |||
Recorded | December 12, 1967 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:35 | |||
Label | Apple APCOR 4 (UK) / ST 3353 (US) | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Tom Hull | B[3] |
Under the Jasmin Tree is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in December 1967 and released on the Apple label.[4] The album was the fourth release on the Beatles' new label and the MJQ were the only jazz act to record for Apple.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review stated: "The program is more or less standard, poised, painstakingly structured, gently swinging MJQ fare, the group's contrapuntal interplay as telepathic as ever".[1]
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis.
- Side one
- "The Blue Necklace" – 4:52
- "Three Little Feelings (Part I)" – 3:48
- "Three Little Feelings (Part II)" – 4:59
- "Three Little Feelings (Part III)" – 5:18
- Side two
- "Exposure" – 9:17
- "The Jasmin Tree" – 5:10
Personnel
- Milt Jackson - vibraphone
- John Lewis - piano
- Percy Heath - double bass
- Connie Kay - drums, finger cymbals, percussion
References
- ^ a b c Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 31, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 1015
- ^ Hull, Tom (December 2010). "Recycled Goods". Static Multimedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020 – via tomhull.com.
- ^ Modern Jazz Quartet discography accessed May 31, 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)