Released 1962 Length 76:17 | Genre Jazz | |
Recorded April 11, 12 & 13, 1960Stockholm and Goteborg, Sweden |
European Concert is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in Sweden in April 1960 and originally released on two consecutive volumes on the Atlantic label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "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".
Track listing
All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated
- "Django" - 5:32
- "Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) - 4:39
- "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) - 5:33
- "La Ronde" - 3:07
- "I Remember Clifford" (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) - 5:15
- "Festival Sketch" - 4:40
- "Vendome" - 2:45
- "Odds Against Tomorrow" - 6:57
- "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) - 8:45
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:36
- "Skating in Central Park" - 6:10
- "The Cylinder" (Jackson) - 6:28
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:51
- "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) - 5:13
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 4:54
Tracks 5, 6, 9, 12, 14 and 15 recorded in Stockholm, April 11; tracks 1 - 4, 8, 11 recorded in Goteborg, April 12; tracks 7, 10, 13 recorded in Stockholm, April 13.
Personnel
References
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