Lost Tapes - Germany 1956-1958 / Modern Jazz Quartet

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Label
SWR
Release Date
July 29, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      JACKSON LEWIS RONELL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Harald Banter Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Lewis, Jackson, Heath, Kay, Orchester Kurt Edelhagen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 29, 2016
    • UPC
      730099043151
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      JAH-431
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Ralph's New Blues

      Composer: Milt Jackson

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    2. God Rest ye Merry, Gentlemen

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    3. Willow Weep for Me

      Composer: Ann Ronell

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    4. I'll Remember April

      Composer: Gene De Paul

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    5. Midsommer

      Composer: John Lewis

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet, Harald Banter Ensemble

    6. Bluesology

      Composer: Milt Jackson

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet, Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra

    7. Django

      Composer: John Lewis

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet, Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra

    8. Sun Dance

      Composer: John Lewis

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    9. Cortege

      Composer: John Lewis

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    10. You Go to My Head

      Composer: J. Fred Coots

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    11. I Can't Get Started

      Composer: Walter Gross

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    12. Tenderly

      Composer: Walter Gross

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet

    13. J. B. Blues

      Composer: John Lewis

      Ensemble: Modern Jazz Quartet


The Modern Jazz Quartet was formed in 1952, largely by the rhythm section of the Dizzy Gillespie Band. When these recordings were made, John Lewis was still trying to develop the Modern Jazz Quartet as a jazz chamber group, attempting to make a unique style of jazz, free of cliché. The motto of the MJQ was “Change your attitude.” Each of the thirteen tracks on this album show the ensemble’s unique and dignified style. As Andre Francis wrote of the group, the musicians are “a sensitive instrument which vibrates in the same universe of sound, achieving a communion unique in the world of jazz.”