Released 1957 Release date 1957 Label Verve Records | Length 37:01 Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded October 19, 1957
The Opera House, Chicago The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House
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The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio featuring performances recorded in Chicago in 1957 and released as a split album on the Verve label. The tracks by Oscar Peterson were subsequently released on Peterson's 1957 album Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "While the MJQ sounds much more introverted than the more exuberant Oscar Peterson Trio, the two popular groups have more similarities than differences".
Track listing
Side One:
- "D & E Blues" (John Lewis) - 4:08
- "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) - 4:34
- "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:47
Side Two:
- "Should I?" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 4:28
- "Big Fat Mama" (Lucky Millinder, Stafford Simon) - 7:24
- "Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:55
- "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) - 5:27
- "Elevation" (Elliot Lawrence, Gerry Mulligan) - 3:18
Personnel
Side One:
Side Two
Songs
1Now's the Time4:08
2Round Midnight4:34
3D & E Blues3:47
References
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