In A Crowd
7/13/2005, AMG
The previously unreleased Modern Jazz Quartet performance from the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival was first issued in this 1998 CD. The MJQ (vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist...
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A 40th Anniversary Celebration
7/13/2005, AMG
As part of their 40th anniversary, The Modern Jazz Quartet welcomed ten guest artists to their CD: Bobby McFerrin (brilliant on "Billie's Bounce"), Take Six, Phil Woods,...
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Best Of Modern Jazz Quartet
7/13/2005, AMG
Grab-bag single-album set of their 1950s and '60s cuts, worth very little now. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music...
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Blues At Carnegie Hall
7/13/2005, AMG
On this Mobile Fidelity CD reissue of a live Atlantic set from 1966, The Modern Jazz Quartet performs eight blues-based compositions. In addition to such familiar pieces as...
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Collaboration With L. Almedia
7/13/2005, AMG
When Atlantic gets around to reissuing their many Modern Jazz Quartet records on CD, this should be one of the first to come back. The MJQ (vibraphonist Milt Jackson,...
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Compact Jazz
7/13/2005, AMG
A strictly budget smattering of recent MJQ cuts. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music...
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European Concert
7/13/2005, AMG
Long considered one of, if not the classic album from the Modern Jazz Quartet, European Concert defines them simultaneously as a recording entity as well as a working band....
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Fontessa
7/13/2005, AMG
This LP has a particularly strong all-around set by The Modern Jazz Quartet. While John Lewis' "Versailles" and an 11-minute "Fontessa" show the seriousness of the group...
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For Ellington
7/13/2005, AMG
This is a tribute album that works quite well. The Modern Jazz Quartet is heard at their best on such Duke Ellington tunes as "Rockin' in Rhythm," "Jack the Bear" and...
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Live At The Lighthouse
7/13/2005, AMG
This fairly obscure LP by the Modern Jazz Quartet features fresh material and improvisations that are both swinging and creative. Pianist John Lewis' "The Spiritual" and...
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Lonely Woman
7/13/2005, AMG
Having sponsored Ornette Coleman at the School of Jazz near Lennox, MA, pianist and composer John Lewis helped launch the controversial career of one of the last great...
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MJQ
7/13/2005, AMG
On this long player, Milt Jackson (vibraphone) teams up with two different ensembles from a pair of early- to mid-'50s dates. First up is the familiar setting of the Modern...
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MJQ40 - The Boxed Set
7/13/2005, AMG
To celebrate The Modern Jazz Quartet's 40th anniversary as a group, Atlantic came out with an attractive four-CD box set that has selections (programmed in chronological...
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Modern Jazz Quartet
7/13/2005, AMG
Thanks to its title, this album is certain to be placed in the MJQ section of any shop that carries it -- in reality, only four of the cuts here feature the permanent,...
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No Sun In Venice
7/13/2005, AMG
This recording has six John Lewis compositions that were used in the French film No Sun in Venice. The music is quite complex and disciplined, making this set of lesser...
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Odds Against Tomorrow
7/13/2005, AMG
The Modern Jazz Quartet never actually recorded for Blue Note but their United Artists date was reissued on this Blue Note CD. The MJQ (vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist...
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Pyramid
7/13/2005, AMG
This is a strong recording from The Modern Jazz Quartet with inventive versions of John Lewis's "Vendome," and Ray Brown's "Pyramid," Jim Hall's "Romaine," Lewis's famous...
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The Artistry Of The Modern Jazz Quartet
7/13/2005, AMG
Spanning one of the few transitional periods for the Modern Jazz Quartet when Connie Kay replaced Kenny Clarke as the group's drummer, The Artistry of the Modern Jazz...
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The Complete Last Concert
7/13/2005, AMG
At the time, this two-record set was viewed as the end of an era. Now it only represents the climax of phase one. It's an excellent set, though -- among their best live...
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Concorde
7/13/2005, AMG
This compilation contains eight romantically themed cover tunes from the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), whose personnel included Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano),...
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The Comedy
7/13/2005, AMG
This is the type of album that led many bop purists to criticize The Modern Jazz Quartet (and John Lewis in particular) for being overly influenced by Western classical...
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The Art Of M.J.Q. (The Atlantic Years)
7/13/2005, AMG
This excellent double LP gives listeners a fine overview of The Modern Jazz Quartet's many recordings for the Atlantic label during a nine-year period. There are 15...
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The Last Concert
7/13/2005, AMG
The Modern Jazz Quartet broke up after the concert documented on this double CD. It would be nearly seven years before the group got back together again but it certainly...
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The Best Of The Modern Jazz Quartet
7/13/2005, AMG
Decent overview of late-period Modern Jazz Quartet sessions that were recorded for Pablo in the early '80s, after pianist John Lewis, vibist Milt Jackson, bassist Percy...
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The Modern Jazz Quartet
7/13/2005, AMG
This EP collects a handful of selections from three separate Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) dates circa 1954 and 1955. These recordings actually cross between the Kenny Clarke...
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Three Windows
7/13/2005, AMG
A date matching The MJQ with the New York Chamber Symphony. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music...
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Together Again - "Echoes"
7/13/2005, AMG
If proof were needed that The Modern Jazz Quartet was back together permanently after a seven-year hiatus (1974-81), it is this CD for the six selections were all fairly new...
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Topsy: This One's For Basie
7/13/2005, AMG
Despite the title of this CD, the music on this 1985 studio set from The Modern Jazz Quartet is not a program of Count Basie tunes (with the exception of "Topsy") although...
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Under The Jasmin Tree
7/13/2005, AMG
A more unlikely match of artists and label you will rarely find -- the dignified, classically influenced, indelibly Afro-American Modern Jazz Quartet and the Beatles' Apple...
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Django
7/13/2005, AMG
Hailing from a trio of Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) sessions, Django (1955) contains some of the earliest sides that Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John Lewis (piano), Percy Heath...
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Plastic Dreams
7/13/2005, AMG
This is a streaky LP. The low points are the rather repetitious "Variations on a Christmas Theme" and "England's Carol" (the latter is based on "God Rest Ye Merry...
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