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Pyramid

Modern Jazz Quartet

SKU: PPANSD1325

Barcode: 5060149622513

34.00 £34.00
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Pure Pleasure
  • Released Date: 24th March 2017
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP

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Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

With such a tight group as the MJQ is is impossible to single out individual musicians which probably accounts for their long lived success. This is a strong recording from the Modern Jazz Quartet, with inventive versions of John Lewis’ “Vendome,” Ray Brown’s “Pyramid,” Jim Hall’s “Romaine,” and Lewis’ famous “Django,” along with cooking jams on “How High the Moon” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing.” 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. Scott Yanow/AMG

Every track is a gem, the stand out track being “Django” (recorded many times; is this the definitive version? I think so). The title track (written by Ray Brown) is “Pyramid” (11 min) which is also a pearl. R Bawden

Personnel: John Lewis, piano / Milt Jackson, vibraharp /
Percy Heath, bass / Connie Kay, drums.

Recorded at Music Inn, Lennox in August 1959.

Recording Engineers – Tom Dowd, Earle Brown & Johnny Cue
Supervised by Nesuhi Ertegun

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Track Listings

1. Mood Indigo
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. The Tattooed Bride
4. Solitude

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