Released 1960 Artist Modern Jazz Quartet Producer Nesuhi Ertegun Genre Jazz | Length 37:24 Release date 1960 Label Atlantic Records | |
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Recorded August 22 & 25 and December 21, 1959 and January 15, 1960
Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts and Capitol Studios, New York City Pyramid
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(1959) Pyramid
(1959) Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
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Pyramid is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded in 1959-60 and released on the Atlantic label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review states "The MJQ had become a jazz institution by this time, but they never lost their creative edge, and their performances (even on the remakes) are quite stimulating, enthusiastic, and fresh".
Track listing
- "Vendome" (John Lewis) - 2:30
- "Pyramid (Blues for Junior)" (Ray Brown) - 10:46
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 5:02
- "Django" (John Lewis) - 4:36
- "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 6:15
- "Romaine" (Jim Hall) - 7:28
Personnel
Songs
1Vendome2:31
2Pyramid10:53
3It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)5:02
References
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