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MJQ and Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration

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Released
  
1994

Artist
  
Modern Jazz Quartet

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
71:23

Release date
  
1994

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 1992, April 1993 and July 1993 Power Station and Skyline Studios, New York City, Skyline Studios, Los Angeles and the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux

Producers
  
Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin

Similar
  
Modern Jazz Quartet albums, Jazz albums

MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in New York City, Los Angeles and at the Montreux Jazz Festival with guest artists including Bobby McFerrin, Take 6, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Illinois Jacquet, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Branford Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Freddie Hubbard and Nino Tempo and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "It's an enjoyable and varied set".

Track listing

  1. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 5:01
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:57
  3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 6:08
  4. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley< Ballard MacDonald) – 7:44
  5. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 5:28
  6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 6:14
  7. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 4:16
  8. "Blues for Juanita" (Jackson) – 3:55
  9. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 4:40
  10. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:10
  11. "Django" (John Lewis) – 7:43
  12. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:16
  13. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 4:45

Personnel

  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Connie Kay, Mickey Roker – drums, percussion
  • Bobby McFerrin (tracks 1 & 13), Take 6 (track 1) – vocals
  • Wynton Marsalis (tracks 3 & 6), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tracks 4 & 7) – trumpet
  • Freddie Hubbard – flugelhorn (track 9)
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 11)
  • Jimmy Heath (track 8), Illinois Jacquet (track 4 & 7), Branford Marsalis (tracks 5 & 10), Nino Tempo (track 12) – tenor saxophone

    • Songs

    1Bag's Groove5:01
    2All the Things You Are5:57
    3Cherokee (Indian Love Song)6:08

    References

    MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Wikipedia
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