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The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Modern Jazz Quartet

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
40:15

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
August 28, 1956The Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts

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The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn is a live album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring performances recorded at the Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1956, with guest artist Jimmy Giuffre appearing on three numbers, and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This is a worthwhile outing".

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (George Gershwin) - 4:27
  2. "A Fugue for Music Inn" - 4:42
  3. "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" - 7:04
  4. "Serenade" (David Raksin) - 2:55
  5. "Fun" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 5:30
  6. "Sun Dance" - 4:14
  7. "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 3:32
  8. "A Morning in Paris" - 2:51
  9. "Variation No. 1 on "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" - 5:00
  • Recorded at The Music Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts on August 28, 1956

    • Personnel

  • Milt Jackson - vibraphone
  • John Lewis - piano
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Connie Kay - drums
  • Jimmy Giuffre - clarinet (tracks 2, 4 & 5)

    • Songs

    1Oh - Bess - Oh - Where's My BessJimmy Giuffre4:33
    2A Fugue for Music InnJimmy Giuffre4:46
    3Two Degrees East - Three Degrees WestJimmy Giuffre7:09

    References

    The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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