Recorded July 2, 1955 Release date 1955 | Length 35:38 | |
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Released 1955 (digitally remastered edition released 1995) Similar Modern Jazz Quartet albums, Other albums |
The modern jazz quartet concorde 1955
Concorde is an album by the Modern Jazz Quartet, recorded in New York on July 2, 1955, and first released that year as an LP, Prestige 7005, with liner notes by Ira Gitler. The album was reissued in 2008 as part of the Rudy Van Gelder Remasters collection.
Contents
- The modern jazz quartet concorde 1955
- The modern jazz quartet concorde
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The album is the first to feature drummer Connie Kay, who replaced Kenny Clarke in 1955. It is also the first Modern Jazz Quartet LP conceived from the beginning as a long playing record; previous MJQ recordings had been released as 78's, 10 inch 33's or reissues of these formats on a 12-inch LP. The liner notes acknowledge the additional playing time of the LP format by asking the listener to regard this album as a performance set "at one of America's leading jazz rooms".
The modern jazz quartet concorde
Track listing
- "Ralph's New Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 7:08
- "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:31
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 5:09
- "Gershwin Medley: Soon; For You,For Me, Forevermore; Love Walked In; Our Love Is Here To Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:54
- "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) – 7:54
- "Concorde" (John Lewis) – 3:42
Personnel
Songs
1Ralph's New Blues7:12
2All of You4:31
3I'll Remember April5:10